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Photoreduction and Photophosphorylation with Tris-Washed Chloroplasts ¹

Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037

The artificial electron donor compounds p-phenylenediamine (PD), N, N, N', N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD), and 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol (DCPIP) restored the Hill reaction and photophosphorylation in chloroplasts that had been inhibited by washing with 0.8 M tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (tris) buffer, pH 8.0. The tris-wash treatment inhibited the electron transport chain between water and photosystem II and electron donation occurred between the site of inhibition and photosystem II. Photoreduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) supported by 33 µM PD plus 330 µM ascorbate was largely inhibited by 1 µM 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) while that supported by 33 µM TMPD or DCPIP plus ascorbate was relatively insensitive to DCMU. Experiments with the tris-washed chloroplasts indicated that electron donors preferentially donate electrons to photosystem II but in the presence of DCMU the donors (with the exception of PD at low concentrations) could also supply electrons after the DCMU block. The PD-supported photoreduction of NADP showed the relative inefficiency in far-red light characteristic of chloroplast reactions requiring photosystem II. With phosphorylating systems involving electron donors at low concentrations (33 µM donor plus 330 µM ascorbate) photophosphorylation, which occurred with P/e₂ ratios approaching unity, was completely inhibited by DCMU but with higher concentrations of the donor systems, photophosphorylation was only partially inhibited.

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