Chloramphenicol is an inhibitor of photosynthesis.
Chloramphenicol inhibited significantly but incompletely photosynthesis in leaf segments of rice. Fluorescence and polarographic experiments indicated that chloramphenicol competes with the CO2 reducing cycle for electrons from photosystem I because it serves as an electron acceptor of photosystem I and its reduction intermediate transfers its electron to molecular oxygen.
Okada
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Satoh
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K
Katoh
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D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D000077194:Chlorophyll A; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D012275:Oryza / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011048:Polarography; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D002734:Chlorophyll; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D010100:Oxygen; D000077194:Chlorophyll A