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On the Effect of Proteinases, Phospholipases and Group-Specific Reactants on Carotenoid Spectra and Electrochromic Response of Membrane Preparations of Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria

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Advances in Photosynthesis Research

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In photosynthetic purple bacteria Rhodopseudomonas capsulata and sphaeroides it has been shown that the carotenoids consist of two spectrally but not chemically different pools (1,2). In vesicle preparations of these bacteria, carotenoid absorbance changes can be induced by illumination. It is generally believed that the mechanism of the carotenoid bandshift has an electrochromic character (3).

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  1. M. Symons

    Present address: Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute for Sciences, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

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  1. Biophysics Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Swysen, M. Symons & C. Sybesma

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Swysen, C., Symons, M., Sybesma, C. (1984). On the Effect of Proteinases, Phospholipases and Group-Specific Reactants on Carotenoid Spectra and Electrochromic Response of Membrane Preparations of Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria. In: Sybesma, C. (eds) Advances in Photosynthesis Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6368-4_51

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