Magnetic field effect on singlet oxygen production in a biochemical system

Yan Liu; Ruth Edge; Kevin Henbest; Christiane R Timmel; P J Hore; Peter Gast

doi:10.1039/b413489c

Magnetic field effect on singlet oxygen production in a biochemical system

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jan 14;(2):174-6. doi: 10.1039/b413489c. Epub 2004 Nov 11.

Authors

Yan Liu¹, Ruth Edge, Kevin Henbest, Christiane R Timmel, P J Hore, Peter Gast

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biphysics, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

PMID: 15724176
DOI: 10.1039/b413489c

Abstract

The yield of singlet oxygen sensitized by chemically modified, carotenoidless bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres and the ensuing oxidative damage are both shown to be magnetic field-dependent.

MeSH terms

Cell-Free System
Magnetics*
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / chemistry
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / metabolism
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Singlet Oxygen / chemistry*
Singlet Oxygen / metabolism*

Substances

Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
Singlet Oxygen