Abstract
Nickel(II) salts and their coordination compounds with ethyl 5-methylimidazole-4-carboxylate (emizco), [Ni(emizco)2Cl2], [Ni(emizco)2Br2], [Ni(emizco)2(H2O)2](NO3)2·H2O, Ni(NO3)2, inhibit photosynthetic electron flow (basal, phosphorylating and uncoupled) and ATP-synthesis, therefore behave as Hill reaction inhibitors. Coordination compounds are more potent inhibitors than the salts. It was found that the target for NiCl2; NiBr2 and Ni(NO3)2 is at the b6f level. On the other hand, the complexes [Ni(Emizco)2Cl2], [Ni(Emizco)2Br2] and [Ni(emizco)2(H2O)2](NO3)2·H2O binding sites are located at Q(B)(D1)-protein and b6f level. Therefore, they have a common inhibition site located at b6f avoiding the PQH2 oxidation. The Q(B) inhibition site was corroborated by variable chlorophyll a fluorescence yield [V(j)]. The emizco ligand has no activity on photosynthetic electron flow.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 987-994 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 11-12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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