[Reversible effect of intensive light on photobiochemical properties of Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores]
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[Reversible effect of intensive light on photobiochemical properties of Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores]
Abstract
The effect of high intensity (photosynthesis-saturating) light on the optical properties of the bacteriochlorophyll and the light-induced H+ uptake by R. rubrum chromatophores was studied. It was shown that under aerobic conditions illumination causes reversible inhibition (in the dark) of the chromatophore ability for the light-induced uptake of H+, a reversible inhibition of the photosynthetical reaction center function and irreversible bleaching of the antennal bacteriochlorophyll. A kinetic comparison of spectral effects and reversible changes in pH as well as the effects of atmospheric oxygen and exogenous electron donors suggests that inhibition of photoactivity of the chromatophores upon illumination is due to accumulation of oxidized bacteriochlorophyll in the reaction center.
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