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The function of diphenylamines as modifiers of photosystem II electron transport in isolated spinach chloroplasts
Abstract:
Diphenylamines with highly electronegative substituents are effective inhibitors of photosynthetic electron transport and photophosphorylation. They inhibit only Photosystem II- and not Photosystem I-dependent photoreductions. As judged from the missing tetramethylphenylenediamine-bypass, displacement experiments with [14C]metribuzin, and measurements of oxygen evolution in trypsinated chloroplasts, diphenylamines act neither as dibromomethylisopropylbenzoquinone- nor as dichlorophenyldimethylurea-type inhibitors. All of the diphenylamines tested were found to function as ADRY-type reagents, (Renger, G. (1972) Biochim. Biophys, Acta 256, 428-439) which modify the stability of redox equivalents stored within the water-splitting enzyme system Y. The site of inhibition of diphenylamines is assumed to be located at the reducing side of Photosystem II or the reaction center itself. The inhibitory effect could involve a modification of cytochrome b-559 or its surrounding. In an assay for herbicidal activity, diphenylamines showed more pronouncing effect on mono- than on dicotyledonous plants.
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