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Investigating Type II Inhibitor Effects in the Heliobacterial Reaction Center
Description
The Heliobacterial Reaction Center (HbRC) is the simplest Type I Reaction Center (RC) known today. However, upon illumination it has been found to produce menaquinol, and this has led to experiments investigating the function of this reduction scheme. The goal of the experiment was to investigate the mechanisms of menaquinol production through the use of Photosystem II (PSII) herbicides that are known to inhibit the QB quinone site in Type II RCs. Seven herbicides were chosen, and out of all of them terbuthylazine showed the greatest effect on the RC in isolated membranes when Transient Absorption Spectroscopy was used. In addition, terbuthylazine decreased menaquinone reduction to menaquinol by ~72%, slightly more than the reported effect of teburtryn (68%)1. In addition, terbuthylazine significantly impacted growth of whole cells under high light more than terbutryn.
Date Created
2019-05
Contributors
- Odeh, Ahmad Osameh (Author)
- Redding, Kevin (Thesis director)
- Woodbury, Neal (Committee member)
- Allen, James (Committee member)
- School of Molecular Sciences (Contributor)
- Department of Psychology (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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24 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2018-2019
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.52440
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minimal
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 8 months ago
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