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TRIPLET ENERGY TRANSFER TO CHLOROPLASTS FROM PEROXIDASE‐GENERATED EXCITED ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES
Author(s) -
Campa Ana,
Nassi Lilian,
Cilento Giuseppe
Publication year - 1984
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.1751-1097.1984.tb04563.x
Subject(s) - horseradish peroxidase , photochemistry , chloroplast , chemistry , fluorescence , aldehyde , excited state , peroxidase , energy transfer , chlorophyll , triplet state , photosynthesis , biochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , molecule , enzyme , optics , physics , nuclear physics , molecular physics , gene
Linear aldehydes trigger red emission from chloroplasts. If horseradish peroxidase is present, the aldehyde is oxidized to the next lower homologue in the triplet state, which in turn sensitizes chlorophyll fluorescence. Only certain chlorophylls are activated.