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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry
Published on: March 18, 2012
[Participation of ferredoxin in oxygen reduction in a photosynthetic electron-transport chain]
Abstract:
Oxygen reduction in a photosynthetic electron-transport chain (PETC) was studied in isolated pea thylakoids in the presence of either ferredoxin, or ferredoxin + NADP+, or cytochrome c. The contribution of the electron flow through ferredoxin to the total oxygen reduction was evaluated by comparing the rate of oxygen reduction and the rate of oxidation of reduced ferredoxin in the light. It was found that at ferredoxin concentrations optimal for NADP+ reduction, 30-50% of electrons transferred to oxygen went through ferredoxin both in the absence and presence of NADP+. However, the absolute rate of oxygen reduction by membrane components of PETC in the presence of NADP+ was 3-4 times less than that in the presence of ferredoxin alone and close to the rate of oxygen reduction in the presence of cytochrome c. It was assumed that a Photosystem I component, whose role in this process depends on the rate of electron outflow from terminal acceptors of this photosystem, participates in oxygen reduction, and this component is phylloquinone.
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