Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 979.

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Studies on Superoxide Formation in Photosystem Ⅱ with a Novel Spin Trap

SUN Jian, LIU Ke, XU Ying-Kai, CHEN Zhong-Wei, LIU Yang   

  1. State Key Lab for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2001-09-15 Online:2002-05-24 Published:2002-05-24

Abstract: Under strong illumination, photosystem Ⅱ (PS Ⅱ )of higher plant was active in superoxide production.However, it keeps unclear about the mechanisms and sites of superoxide formation by PS Ⅱ .Concerning above questions, the molecular mechanisms of superoxide formation by PS IIfrom spinach in this work has been studied.The site range for possible superoxide formation by PS Ihas been constricted by the study on the donor or acceptor inhibited PS Ipreparation.The results indicated that the plasto-quinones located at QA and QB of PS Ⅱ was the primary site responsible for superoxide formation.

Key words: Superoxide anion radical, Photosystem Ⅱ, Reactive oxygen species, Spin trapping-ESR

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