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. 1982 May;79(10):3183–3187. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.10.3183

Characterization of external electric field-driven ATP synthesis in chloroplasts

Chana Vinkler *, Rafi Korenstein †
PMCID: PMC346379  PMID: 16593189

Abstract

External electric field-induced ADP phosphorylation (EFP) in lettuce chloroplasts was monitored with a coupled luciferin-luciferase enzymatic assay. This assay made it possible to follow ATP synthesis in a kinetically competent manner. The EFP reaction was found to be a much slower process than the light-driven reaction in the same system. The amount of ATP synthesized after a single electric field pulse corresponds to many turnovers of the ATP synthase.

Keywords: electric field jump, cross-membrane potential, phosphorylation, luciferase, inhibitors

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