title: Recombination reduction of photooxidized cytochrome c in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis at low temperature.
abstract: The temperature dependence of dark reduction of photooxidized cytochrome c was studied in isolated preparations of Rhodopseudomonas viridis reaction centers. Within the range from room temperature to approximately 260 K this process was found to be mediated by thermal diffusion of exogenous donor molecules, whereas at lower temperatures photooxidized cytochrome is reduced as a result of indirect recombination with photoreduced primary quinone acceptor. Kinetic simulation allowed certain thermodynamic characteristics of this reaction to be calculated. To the first approximation, these characteristics correlate with the estimates obtained from the results of direct redox titration.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia. serch@bioh.phys.msu.su
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chamorovsky
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Lukashev
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Zakharova
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Seifullina
mesh_terms: D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000528:radiation effects; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; C004532:quinone