Chlorophyll: an efficient detector of electronically excited species in biochemical systems.
Micelle-solubilized chlorophyll efficiently detects electronically excited species generated in enzymatic systems. In most, if not all, systems the chemiexcited species is formed in the triplet state; chlorophyll fluorescence is observed as result of energy transfer. Red emission can also be elicited from chlorophyll in chloroplasts or bound to microsomes.
D002384:Catalysis; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004735:Energy Transfer; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008823:Micelles; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008823:Micelles; D012709:Serum Albumin; D002734:Chlorophyll; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase