Purification and properties of an oxygen-evolving reaction center complex from photosystem II membranes A simple procedure utilizing a non-ionic detergent and elevated ionic strength
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A method is reported for the isolation of a highly resolved oxygen-evolving photosystem II reaction center preparation. This preparation can be separated from the more complex photosystem II membranes isolated by the procedure of Berthold et al. [(1981) FEBS Lett. 134, 231-2341 by use of octylglucopyranoside at elevated ionic strengths; the oxygen-evolving material can be collected by centrifugation at relatively low g values (40000 xg) in yields estimated to be more than 80%. This new preparation lacks the 17 and 23 kDa extrinsic polypeptides; addition of calcium and chloride produces activities approaching 1000 pmol 0,/h per mg chlorophyll. Although activity is maximal in the presence of 2,5-dichloro-~-benzoquinone, the response of activity to ferricyanide and 3-(3,4-di~hIorophenyI)-1 ,I-dimethylurea indicates that the reducing side of photosystem II has been modified in this new oxygen-evolving reaction center preparation.
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