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Action of Bicarbonate on Photosynthetic Electron Transport in the Presence or Absence of Inhibitory Anions

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Ion Interactions in Energy Transfer Biomembranes

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Bicarbonate (or CO2) was shown by Warburg and Krippahl [1] to stimulate electron transport during the Hill reaction. This phenomenon has been referred to as the bicarbonate (HCO3 −) effect. The electron transport chain can be dissected into a number of clearly defined partial reactions through the addition of specific inhibitors and electron donors and acceptors. By applying this approach (see e.g., [2, 3]) the HCO3 − effect has been shown to be associated with the acceptor side of Photosystem II (PS II):

$${{H}_{2}}O\to OEC\to Z\to P680\to Pheo\to {{Q}_{A}}\to {{Q}_{B}}\to PQ$$
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Eaton-Rye, J.J., Blubaugh, D.J., Govindjee (1986). Action of Bicarbonate on Photosynthetic Electron Transport in the Presence or Absence of Inhibitory Anions. In: Papageorgiou, G.C., Barber, J., Papa, S. (eds) Ion Interactions in Energy Transfer Biomembranes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8410-6_27

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