Trichloroacetate affects the EPR Signal II slow and Signal I in the thylakoid of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

摘要

One electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal, named Signal II_slow, originates from the oxidized Tyrosine 160 (Y_D) of D2 polypeptide of photosystem II reaction center. After adding high concentration trichloroacetate (TCA) to the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii thylakoid suspension, this signal was abolished in a minute. Treatment of TCA also removes a few of polypeptides, including three extrinsic polypeptides of oxygen-evolving complex, from the thylakoid membrane.