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THE PRIMARY REACTION OF PLANT PHOTOSYSTEM II
Author(s) -
Knaff David B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1977.tb07494.x
Subject(s) - plastoquinone , photosystem ii , photosynthetic reaction centre , photochemistry , light harvesting complexes of green plants , p700 , chemistry , primary (astronomy) , photosystem i , redox , hill reaction , photosynthesis , chloroplast , electron transfer , inorganic chemistry , biochemistry , thylakoid , physics , astronomy , gene
. …Research during the past five years has resulted in considerable advances in our understanding of the primary reaction (the initial light‐induced charge separation) of plant Photosystem II (the reaction responsible for the oxidation of H 2 O to O 2 ). The primary reaction appears to involve the photooxidation of a specialized chlorophyll a and the concomitant photoreduction of a specialized plastoquinone. Evidence for this formulation of the Photosystem II reaction center and a discussion of the kinetic and oxidation‐reduction properties of the reactants are reviewed.