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The Journal of membrane biology 165 (3): 213-25 (1998)
Charge displacements in interfacial layers containing reaction centers.
P Brzezinski
,
A Messinger
,
Y Blatt
,
A Gopher
,
D Kleinfeld
ABSTRACT
Reaction centers from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides were oriented in phospholipid interfacial layers adsorbed to a Teflon film separating two electrolyte-filled compartments of a Teflon cell. Light-induced voltage changes were measured as a function of time across electrodes immersed in the cell compartments. The experimental system is characterized both experimentally and theoretically to relate the measured signals to the light-induced displacement currents in the reaction centers. Mathematical relations between the measured signals and the distances and geometries of the charge-transfer reactions are derived. At pH 8.0 the reaction centers were found to be oriented with approximately 60% of the population oriented with the donor facing the aqueous phase. The density of the reaction centers in the layer was approximately 10(11) cm-2, which is close to that found in the native system. Reconstitution of the secondary quinone, QB, in 90% of the RCs was achieved with an approximately 100-fold excess of ubiquinone in the vesicle preparation.