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Study of precise pigment composition of photosystem 1-type reaction centers by means of normal-phase HPLC

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Based on precise pigment analyses of a series of photosystem (PS) 1-type plants, a novel hypothesis is proposed that chiorophyll (Chl)a′ and bacteriochlorophyll (BChl)g′, the 132-epimers of Chla and BChlg, constitute the primary electron donors of PS1 and heliobacteria, respectively. Interestingly PS 1-type reaction centers do not have (B) Pheo but have Chl a-like pigments as primary electron acceptors.

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Abbreviations

BChl:

bacteriochlorophyll

Chl:

chlorophyll

HPLC:

high performance liquid chromatography

PS:

photosystem

RC:

reaction center

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Kobayashi, M. Study of precise pigment composition of photosystem 1-type reaction centers by means of normal-phase HPLC. J. Plant Res. 109, 223–230 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344549

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