Plastoquinone (PQ) is a terpenoid-quinone (meroterpenoid) molecule involved in the electron transport chain in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis...
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Photosystem II (redirect from H2O:plastoquinone reductase (light-dependent))
Photosystem II (or water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase) is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is...
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Cytochrome b6f complex (redirect from Plastoquinone-plastocyanin reductase)
plastocyanin + 2 H+ [side 1] ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } plastoquinone + 2 reduced plastocyanin + 4 H+ [side 2]. The reaction is analogous...
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series of experiments to demonstrate that it is pheophytin and not plastoquinone that serves as the primary electron acceptor in photosystem II. Using...
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the denomination of a cationic derivative of the plant antioxidant plastoquinone. In 1969, triphenylphosphonium (TPP, charged triphenylphosphine) was...
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It blocks the QB plastoquinone binding site of photosystem II, disallowing the electron flow from photosystem II to plastoquinone. This interrupts the...
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shuttle electrons between them. These carriers are plastoquinone and plastocyanin. Plastoquinone shuttles electrons from photosystem II to the cytochrome...
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(PDS, plant-type phytoene desaturases) (EC 1.3.5.5, 15-cis-phytoene:plastoquinone oxidoreductase), are enzymes involved in the carotenoid biosynthesis...
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naturally occurring 1,4-benzoquinone involved in respiration apparatus. Plastoquinone is a redox relay involved in photosynthesis. Pyrroloquinoline quinone...
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PTOX knockout. Plastid terminal oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of the plastoquinone pool, which exerts a variety of effects on the development and functioning...
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