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Electron transport from Photosystem II to Photosystem I of spinach chloroplasts can be stimulated by bicarbonate and various carbonyl or carboxyl compounds. Monovalent or divalent cations, which have hitherto been implicated in the energy distribution between the two photosystems, i.e., “spillover” phenomena at low light intensities, show a similar effect under high light conditions employed in this study. A mechanism for this stimulation of forward electron transport from Photosystem II to Photosystem I could involve inhibition of two types of Photosystem II partial reactions, which may involve cycling of electrons around Photosystem II. One of these is the DCMU-insensitive silicomolybdate reduction, and the other is ferricyanide reduction by Photosystem II at pH 8 in the presence of dibromothymoquinone. Greater stimulation of forward electron transport reactions is observed when both types of Photosystem II cyclic reactions are inhibited by bicarbonate, carbonyl and carboxyl-type compounds, or by certain mono- or divalent cations.
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Abbreviations used: DCMU, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea; DCIP, 2,6-dichloroindophenol; DBMIB, 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone; FeCN, potassium ferricyanide; MV, methylviologen; PS I, photosystem I; PS II, photosystem II; SM, silicomolybdic acid.
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Barr, R., Melhem, R., Lezotte, A.L. et al. Stimulation of electron transport from Photosystem II to Photosystem I in spinach chloroplasts. J Bioenerg Biomembr 12, 197–203 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00744683
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