REGULATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON-TRANSPORT AND PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IN INTACT CHLOROPLASTS AND LEAVES OF SPINACIA-OLERACEA L
REGULATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON-TRANSPORT AND PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IN INTACT CHLOROPLASTS AND LEAVES OF SPINACIA-OLERACEA L
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00389050
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
KOSTER, S
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作者:
HEBER, U;EGNEUS, H;KOSTER, S
Oxygen is reduced by the electron transport chain of chloroplasts during CO2 reduction. The rate of electron flow to oxygen is low. Since antimycin A inhibited CO2-dependent oxygen evolution, cyclic photophosphorylation contributes ATP to photosynthesis in chloroplasts which cannot satisfy the ATP requirement of CO2 reduction by electron flow to NADP and to oxygen. Inhibition of photosynthesis by antimycin A was more significant at high than at low light intensities suggesting that cyclic photophosphorylation contributes to photosynthesis particularly at high intensities. Cyclic electron flow in intact chloroplasts is under the control of electron acceptors. At low light intensities or under far-red illumination it is decreased by substrates which accept electrons from photosystem I such as oxaloacetate, nitrite or oxygen. Obviously, the cyclic electron transport pathway is sensitive to electron drainage. In the absence of electron acceptors, cyclic electron flow is supported by far-red illumination and inhibited by red light. The inhibition by light exciting photosystem II demonstrated that the cyclic electron transport pathway is accessible to electrons from photosystem II. Inhibition can be relieved by oxygen which appears to prevent over-reduction of electron carriers of the cyclic pathway and thus has an important regulatory function. Cyclic electron transport is apparently under delicate redox control. Inhibition is caused both by excessive oxidation and by over-reduction of electron carriers of the pathway.