A. Buche et al., Periplasmic electron carriers and photo-induced electron transfer in the photosynthetic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira sp., PHOTOSYN R, 65(1), 2000, pp. 53-62
A detailed analysis of the periplasmic electron carriers of the photosynthe
tic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira sp. has been performed. Two low mid-point
redox potential electron carriers, cytochrome c' and cytochrome c, are dete
cted. A high potential iron-sulfur protein is the only high mid-point redox
potential electron transfer component present in the periplasm. Analysis o
f light-induced absorption changes shows that this high potential iron-sulf
ur protein acts in vivo as efficient electron donor to the photo-oxidized h
igh potential heme of the Ectothiorhodospira sp. reaction center.