MEMBRANE POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT REDUCTION OF CYTOCHROME-B-6 IN AN ALGAL MUTANT LACKING PHOTOSYSTEM-I CENTERS
MEMBRANE POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT REDUCTION OF CYTOCHROME-B-6 IN AN ALGAL MUTANT LACKING PHOTOSYSTEM-I CENTERS
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10.1016/0005-2728(83)90220-7
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1983-01-01
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LAVERGNE, J
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LAVERGNE, J
Absorption changes induced by illumination of a double mutant strain of the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana, lacking Photosystem (PS) I centers and deficient in light-harvesting complex, were investigated. A reduction of cytochrome b-6 was observed, which appeared to be correlated to the membrane potential; the dark reoxidation of cytochrome b-6 followed linearly the decay of the field, and the light-induced reduction was inhibited by an ionophore collapsing the membrane potential. This field-dependent reduction was also observed after 1 flash in the presence of a saturating concentration of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, blocking the electron injection from PS II. The reduction of cytochrome b-6 is apparently controlled by a membrane potential-dependent redox equilibrium with an unknown carrier, G, which is already reduced in the dark-adapted state. When benzoquinone-treated algae were used, G appeared to be oxidized in the dark so that reductants from PS II were required to observe the field-driven reduction of cytochrome b-6. Analysis of the spectra allowed the ascription of an absorption increase around 420 nm to the reduction of G. The midpoint potential of G, its location within the membrane and its possible role in the electron-transfer chain are discussed.