Ferricyanide Reduction in Photosystem II of Spinach Chloroplasts |
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Authors: | Barr R Crane F L |
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Institution: | Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. |
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Abstract: | Ferricyanide can be reduced in Photosystem II of spinach chloroplasts at 2 separate sites, both of which are sensitive to 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, but only one of which is sensitive to dibromothymoquinone. Data presented in this paper emphasize ferricyanide site II of Photosystem II, which is sensitive to thiol inhibition and may reflect a cyclic pathway around Photosystem II. Ferricyanide reduction sites 1 and 2 also differ from each other in fractions isolated from discontinuous sucrose gradients, from fragmented chloroplasts, and upon trypsin treatment. Sucrose density gradient centrifugation shows that ferricyanide reduction site 1 activity at pH 6 decreases from 30 to 50% in various isolated fractions, while the dibromothymoquinone-insensitive activity at pH 8 (site 2) is stimulated from 15 to 35%. |
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