Abstract
Photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides were prepared with the detergent lauryl dimethylamine oxide (LDAO). In contrast to reaction centers made with Triton X-100, these contained no cytochromes and little or no ubiquinone (UQ). The reduction of P-870, after its photochemical oxidation, was studied in these materials with the following results. In reaction centers made with Triton X-100, slow kinetic components (seconds to minutes) could be attributed to secondary electron acceptors or traps. In reaction centers made with LDAO the kinetics were predominantly fast (half-times, 100 msec or less); slower components could be introduced by adding UQ. Added UQ appeared to become bound to reaction centers made with LDAO, but the binding might have meant only that both components were trapped within detergent micelles. Ferricyanide could retard the reduction of oxidized P-870, apparently by capturing electrons from the reducing side of the photochemical system. Under conditions in which the participation of secondary electron acceptors seemed to have been eliminated, the recovery of P-870 was mainly by a first-order process with a half-time of about 60 msec at room temperature and 20-30 msec at about -80°C and below. The transition with decreasing temperature suggested the presence of a mixed population, exhibiting both the 60 and 20 msec components, but variations in the absorption spectra with temperature did not suggest the presence of a mixed population. Absorption difference spectra in the ultraviolet were compatible with the idea that UQ added to reaction centers became reduced in the light.
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