A probable lack of function of c-type cytochrome in the photosynthetic system of the blue-green alga Anabaena variabilis |
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Authors: | Kawamura, Michio Fujita, Yoshihiko |
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Affiliation: | Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo Nakano, Tokyo 164, Japan |
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Abstract: | Quantitative study of the cytochrome c acting in the photosyntheticsystem of the blue-green alga Anabaena variabilis (M-2) wasdone with membrane fragments and intact cells. Membrane fragments highly active in the NADP+-Hill reaction(above 200 µmoles/mg chl.a;-hr) retained photoresponsivecytochrome c equal only one-tenth that of P700, while the plastocyanincontent was almost equal to that of P700. The cytochrome contentin intact cells was a little larger than that in membrane fragmentson the chlorophyll a basis. However, the values relative toP700 (1/9) and plastocyanin (1/10) were identical with thosein membrane fragments. The content was also far smaller thanthat of reaction center II's (1/6). If the cytochrome mediatesall electrons from reaction center II, the cytochrome oxidation-reductionshould have a rate constant of 2.4?102 sec1 which isone order above of the rate constant of the cytochrome reduction(2.3 to 3.5?101sec1). These quantitative relationshipsindicate that in Anabaena variabilis (M-2), c-type cytochrome,either cytochrome f or algal cytochrome c, cannot function inthe main electron flow between two reaction centers. (Received September 8, 1978; ) |
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