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. 1968 Oct;109(4):527–532. doi: 10.1042/bj1090527

Photosynthetic control by isolated pea chloroplasts

K R West 1, J T Wiskich 1
PMCID: PMC1186938  PMID: 5683504

Abstract

Isolated pea chloroplasts undergo both cyclic and non-cyclic electron flow. Both processes are coupled to photophosphorylation. During non-cyclic flow the rate of oxygen production showed ADP-governed `photosynthetic control' analogous to respiratory control of isolated mitochondria. Measurements of ADP/O and photosynthetic control ratios yielded values of 1–1·3 and 2–5·7 respectively. `Photosynthetic control' was shown to be dependent on the intactness of the chloroplasts.

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