RHODAMINE LIPID DERIVATIVES INCREASE THE LIGHT-HARVESTING ABILITY OF ISOLATED-CHLOROPLASTS

Authors
RAZINKOV VI SOROKIN EM BOBYLEV GS MOLOTKOVSKY JG
Citation
Vi. Razinkov et al., RHODAMINE LIPID DERIVATIVES INCREASE THE LIGHT-HARVESTING ABILITY OF ISOLATED-CHLOROPLASTS, Biologiceskie membrany, 11(6), 1994, pp. 660-663
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Cell Biology
Journal title
Biologiceskie membrany → ACNP
ISSN journal
02334755
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
660 - 663
Database
ISI
SICI code
0233-4755(1994)11:6<660:RLDITL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Lipophilic rhodamine derivatives (9E-octadecenyl esters of rhodamine 1 01, rhodamine B, and rhodamine 6G) incorporated into isolated thylakoi d membranes of chloroplasts transfer absorbed light energy to photosys tems 1 and 2 by the resonance transfer energy mechanism. As the rhodam ine derivatives absorb in green-yellow spectral region, their insertio n in chloroplasts substantially improves the light-harvesting ability.