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LIGHT-INDUCED OXIDATION OF A CHLOROPLAST B-TYPE CYTOCHROME AT -189°C

The b-type cytochromes of chloroplasts have heretofore been viewed as photosynthetic electron carriers that probably occupy an intermediate position in a light-induced electron flow. The oxidation-reduction of such intermediate electron carriers, being removed from the primary photochemical reaction...

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Main Authors: Knaff, David B., Arnon, Daniel I.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:en
Publicado em: 1969
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC223545/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16591779
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Resumo:The b-type cytochromes of chloroplasts have heretofore been viewed as photosynthetic electron carriers that probably occupy an intermediate position in a light-induced electron flow. The oxidation-reduction of such intermediate electron carriers, being removed from the primary photochemical reaction linked to photon capture by chlorophyll, would be expected to show a temperature dependence. Evidence has now been obtained that cytochrome b(559) is photooxidized at -189°C and that this photooxidation can be induced only by “short-wavelength” monochromatic light which activates the oxygen-evolving system in chloroplasts (photosystem II). In appears, therefore, that photooxidation of cytochrome b(559) is closely linked with photon capture by the chlorophyll pigments characteristic of photosystem II.