Hydrogen evolution by subchloroplast preparations of photosystem II from pea and spinach

Sergey V. Mal'tsev, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Vyacheslav V. Klimov, Alexander A. Krasnovsky

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    Abstract

    Hydrogen (H2) evolution rates were measured by the gas chromatographic technique upon illumination of different subchloroplast preparations of higher plants without exogenous hydrogenase under anaerobic conditions. Subchloroplast preparations enriched in photosystem II (PS II) in the presence of an electron donor TMPD (N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine) are shown to have higher H2-evolution rates (up to 30 nmol/mg Chl per h) than preparations enriched in PS I under the same conditions. The data on the suppression of H2 evolution by well-known inhibitors of PS II (dinoseb, atrazine) prove that the H2 photoproduction is sensitized by PS II reaction centers.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-5
    Number of pages5
    JournalFEBS Letters
    Volume240
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 21 1988

    Keywords

    • (Pea, Spinach)
    • Hydrogen evolution
    • Photosystem II

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Structural Biology
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Genetics
    • Cell Biology

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