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Electron transfer between PSII and PSI is performed via a cytochrome (Cyt) complex, and the step Cyt → PSI is executed by a mobile electron carrier Pc. This small (10.5 kDa) protein diffuses in a lumen, a relatively narrow closed space between the thylakoid membranes, oxidizes Cyt f, a subunit of the Cyt complex, and reduces the PSI reaction center, anchoring at the lumen site of PSI and creating a Pc–PSI supercomplex (Fig. 15.1).
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Rubin, A., Riznichenko, G. (2014). Modeling of Protein Interactions in Photosynthetic Membrane . In: Mathematical Biophysics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8702-9_15
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