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  • Title: Photosynthetic membrane development in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. Spectral and kinetic characterization of redox components of light-driven electron flow in apparent photosynthetic membrane growth initiation sites.
    Author: Bowyer JR, Hunter CN, Ohnishi T, Niederman RA.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1985 Mar 25; 260(6):3295-304. PubMed ID: 2982855.
    Abstract:
    The kinetics of light-driven electron flow and the nature of redox centers at apparent photosynthetic membrane growth initiation sites in Rhodopseudomans sphaeroides were compared to those of intracytoplasmic photosynthetic membranes. In sucrose gradients, these membrane growth sites sediment more slowly than intracytoplasmic membrane-derived chromatophores and form an upper pigmented band. Cytochromes c1, c2, b561, and b566 were demonstrated in the upper fraction by redox potentiometry; c-type cytochromes were also detected electrophoretically. Signals characteristic of light-induced reaction center bacteriochlorophyll triplet and photooxidized reaction center bacteriochlorophyll dimer states were observed by EPR spectroscopy but the Rieske iron-sulfur signal of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c2 oxidoreductase was present at a 3-fold reduced level on a reaction center basis in comparison to chromatophores. Flash-induced absorbance measurements of the upper pigmented fraction demonstrated reaction center primary and secondary semiquinone anion acceptor signals, but cytochrome b561 photoreduction and cytochrome c1/c2 reactions occurred at slow rates. This fraction was enriched approximately 2- and 4-fold in total b- and c-type cytochromes, respectively, per reaction center over chromatophores, but photoreducible b-type cytochrome was lower. Measurements of respiratory activity indicated a 1.6-fold higher level of succinate-cytochrome c oxidoreductase/reaction center than in chromatophores, but the apparent turnover rates in both preparations were low. Overall, the results suggest that complete cycles of rapid, light-driven electron flow do not occur merely by introduction of newly synthesized reaction centers into respiratory membrane, but that subsequent synthesis and assembly of appropriate components of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c2 oxidoreductase is required.
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