title: Resonance Raman and infrared spectral studies on radical anions of model photosynthetic reaction center quinones (naphthoquinone derivatives).
abstract: Quinones play a vital role in the processes of electron transfer in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers. It is of interest to investigate photochemical reactions involving quinones with a view to elucidate structure-function relationships in biological processes. Resonance Raman and FTIR spectra of electrochemically generated radical anions of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, also known as Vitamin K3 and Vitamin K1, respectively, (model compound for QA in Rhodopseudomonas viridis, a bacterial photosynthetic reaction center) have been reported. The same study has also been extended to 1,4-naphthoquinone for comparison. The vibrational assignments were carried out on the basis of comparison with our earlier time resolved resonance Raman studies on photochemically generated radical anions of 1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (Balakrishnan et al., J. Phys. Chem., 100, (1996), 16472-16478). These in vitro results have been compared with the reported vibrational spectral data under in vivo conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Babaei
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McQuillan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umapathy
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000838:Anions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000032:analysis*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D010788:Photosynthesis; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods; D010837:Vitamin K 1 / Q000032:analysis*; D024483:Vitamin K 3
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D024483:Vitamin K 3; D010837:Vitamin K 1; C035342:1,4-naphthoquinone