Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai)
January 1997
Article Synopsis
The absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of RS601 resemble those of the purple nonsulfide bacteria Rb. sphaeroides.
Under light, RS601 chromatophores reduced methyl viologen using DCPIPH(2) as an electron donor, indicating a standard noncyclic electron transport process.
The study found that o-phenanthroline inhibited this electron transport but antimycin A did not, suggesting that the electron acceptance site for methyl viologen is located between the secondary electron acceptor Q(B) and cyt b, rather than at the Q(A) site.