A routine method to determine the chlorophyll a, pheophytin a and β-carotene contents of isolated Photosystem II reaction center complexes

Characterization of a photosystem II rea

Characterization of a photosystem II reaction center complex isolated by exposure of PSII membranes to a non-ionic detergent and high concentrations of NaCl

✍ Demetrios F. Ghanotakis; Charles F. Yocum 📂 Article 📅 1986 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 265 KB

A highly resolved PSII reaction center complex has been prepared by exposure of PSII membranes to the detergent octylglucopyranoside at elevated ionic strengths; oxygen evolution activity is about i,OOO ~moles Og/hr/mg Ch] in the presence of CaCl 9. A Mn quantitation and ~ kinetic study of Z, the d