Dichlorodimethoxy-/?-benzoquinone (DCDMQ) was tested for its site of action in the photo­ synthetic electron transport chain. Hill reaction mediated by DCDMQ was insensitive to DBMIB (1 nm) but sensitive to DCMU, suggesting its site of action before plastoquinone but after Q the primary electron acceptor of photosystem II. Extraction of freeze-dried chloroplasts with heptane and analyzing their...

Virulent Treponema pallidum has been shown to consume O(2) at a rate similar to that of the known aerobic spirochaete, Leptospira. Such O(2) uptake is cyanide sensitive, indicating a functioning cytochrome oxidase. Inhibition of O(2) uptake by azide, chlorpromazine, and amytal further suggests a functioning electron transport system for the oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduce...

Phonon runaway in carbon nanotube quantum dots" (2008). Other Nanotechnology Publications. Paper 93. We explore electronic transport in a nanotube quantum dot strongly coupled with vibrations and weakly with leads and the thermal environment. We show that the recent observation of anomalous conductance signatures in single-walled carbon nanotube quantum dots ͓B. can be understood quantitatively ...

Adaptation to lowering oxygen levels (hypoxia) requires coordinated downregulation of metabolic demand and supply to prevent a mismatch in ATP utilization and production that might culminate in a bioenergetic collapse. Hypoxia diminishes ATP utilization by downregulating protein translation and the activity of the Na-K-ATPase. Hypoxia diminishes ATP production in part by lowering the activity o...

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of oxygen limitation on whole­ cell oxygenases, and to determine how the physiochemical properties of oils affect their ability to enhance the oxygen transfer rate. Whole-cell oxygenase biocatalysts require oxygen as a substrate for the reaction and for the electron transport chain. The productivity of these bioconversions is therefore influenc...

We propose a numerical model aimed at obtaining the electrical output of dye-sensitized solar cells from microscopic parameters. The model is based on the solution of the continuity equation as a function of voltage for electron transport with both the diffusion coefficient and the recombination constant dependent on the electron density, i.e., the light intensity and/or voltage. The density de...

The phospholipid composition of the electron transport particles and coupling factor-depleted electron transport particles of Mycobacterium phlei are the same, but they differ in contents. The accessibility of partially purified phospholipase A to these membrane phospholipids was found to be different. Treatment of membranes of Mycobacterium phlei with phospholipase A impairs the rate of oxidat...