2001
Factors that determine the unusually low reduction potential of cytochrome c550 in cyanobacterial photosystem II
Vrettos J, Reifler M, Kievit O, Lakshmi K, de Paula J, Brudvig G. Factors that determine the unusually low reduction potential of cytochrome c550 in cyanobacterial photosystem II. JBIC Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2001, 6: 708-716. PMID: 11681704, DOI: 10.1007/s007750100249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCC 6803 photosystem IILow reduction potentialReduction potentialPyrolytic graphite edge electrodeElectron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopySquare wave voltammetryDirect electrochemical measurementsParamagnetic resonance spectroscopyBis-histidine axial ligationHeme reduction potentialCyanobacterial photosystem IIResonance Raman spectraPhotosystem IIWave voltammetryElectrode surfaceElectrochemistry experimentsElectrochemical measurementsElectrochemical valuesAxial ligationSolvent waterCyt c550Solvent exposureRedox titrationPeak separationPSII preparations
1989
Characterization of the multiple forms of cytochrome b559 in photosystem II.
Thompson L, Miller A, Buser C, de Paula J, Brudvig G. Characterization of the multiple forms of cytochrome b559 in photosystem II. Biochemistry 1989, 28: 8048-56. PMID: 2557895, DOI: 10.1021/bi00446a012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b559PSII membranesPhotosystem II protein complexUntreated PSII membranesExtrinsic polypeptidesLow-temperature photooxidationMn complexesPSII samplesEPR spectroscopyLigand fieldRedox titrationRedox formsEPR signalPhotosystem IIB559ComplexesThylakoid membranesPhotooxidationSpectroscopyProtein complexesUnique abilityMembraneTitrationConformationRemoval