ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Rhodospirillum rubrum
;
Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
;
Chromatophores
;
Photophosphorylation
;
Electron transport
;
Ubiquinone
;
Cytochromes
;
Dibromothymoquinone
;
Antimycin A
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The photophosphorylation systems of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata and Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores have been compared in respect to the effects of artificial electron carries [N-methyl-phenazonium methosulfate (PMS) and diaminodurene], reducing agents (ascorbate in particular), and various quinones in the absence and presence of the electron transport inhibitors antimycin A and dibromothymoquinone (DBMIB). In addition, the effects of both inhibitors on photosynthetic electron transport through cytochromes b and c has been followed. From the results obtained, it appears that in both organisms: a) ubiquinone functions as an electron carrier between the cytochromes, and b) both antimycin A and DBMIB inhibit cyclic electron flow in the segment ... cytochrome b→ubiquinone»cytochrome c ..., but at different sites. The systems apparently differ mainly in respect to the nature of the electron flow by-pass “shunt” that is evoked in the presence of PMS; thus, in R. rubrum, PMS catalyzes a shunt that by-passes both cytochrome b and ubiquinone, whereas in Rps. capsulata the PMS shunt seems to circumvent only ubiquinone.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00408730
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