Vectorial redox reactions of physiological quinones. II. A study of transient semiquinone formation |
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Authors: | Ayako Futami Günter Hauska |
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Affiliation: | University of Regensburg, FB Biologie, Institut für Botanik, Regensburg, F.R.G. |
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Abstract: | Transient absorption changes during reduction of quinone in liposomes by external dithionite, in the absence and presence of initially trapped ferricyanide, were matched with absorption spectra of semiquinone and quinone in the blue region. Plastoquinone, ubiquinone-9 and phylloquinone, each having an isoprenoid side chain were compared with trimethyl-p-benzoquinone, ubiquinone-9 and menadione, which lack a long side chain.Semiquinone transients could only be observed by our spectroscopic technique during reduction of quinones lacking the chain. If Triton X-100 was added to the liposomes preparation semiquinone transients were also observed with the isoprenoid quinones. This result is consistent with the view that isoprenoid quinones build domains in the membranes, in which the life time of the semiquinone might be decreased by fast disproportionation, and to which dithionite has limited access. |
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Keywords: | Quinone Isoprenoid Semiquinone anion Semiquinone Electron transport (Liposome) Q-1 ubiquinone-1 Q-9 ubiquinone-9 PQ plastoquinone TMQ K-1 phylloquinone (vitamin K-1) K-3 menadione (vitamin K-3) Tricine To whom requests for reprints should be sent postal address: Universität Regensburg, FB Biologie, Institut für Botanik, 84 Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, F.R.G. |
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