Spectral Characterization of the Photoreducible b-Type Cytochrome of Dictyostelium discoideum
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- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 55 (2) , 427-429
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.55.2.427
Abstract
Irradiation of a soluble extract from broken cells of Dictyostelium discoideum causes the photoreduction of a b-type cytochrome. The cytochrome b can be separated from cytochrome c, which is also present in the extract, by column chromatography on Brushite, but the cytochrome b is no longer sensitive to light after separation on the column. Low temperature spectroscopy shows that reduced form of the photoreducible cytochrome b has a Soret band at 423 nm and a split α band with maxima at 558 and 551 nm similar to the b-type cytochrome in complex II of beef heart mitochondria.Keywords
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