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  • Title: Fast oxygen-independent degradation of the D1 reaction center protein in photosystem II.
    Author: Jegerschöld C, Styring S.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1991 Mar 11; 280(1):87-90. PubMed ID: 2009971.
    Abstract:
    The D1 reaction center protein in photosystem II is rapidly degraded during illumination of chloride-depleted or Tris-washed thylakoids. The degradation is independent of oxygen and occurs under anaerobic conditions provided that electrons can flow through the acceptor-side of photosystem II. This shows that oxygen-derived reactive species are not necessarily involved in the light-dependent damage of the D1 protein. Instead the illumination of chloride-depleted or Tris-washed thylakoids induces long-lived, strongly oxidizing radicals on the donor-side of photosystem II which are suggested to be the damaging species for the D1 protein.
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