Reduction kinetics of the photo-oxidized chlorophyll a+II in the nanosecond range Measurements of the absorption changes at 688 nm under repetitive flash excitation

AbstractThe 688 nm absorption changes (ΔA688), indicating the photochemical turnover of chlorophyll aII (Chl aII) have been investigated under repetitive laser flash excitation conditions in spinach chlorplasts. It was found that under steady state conditions about 50–60% of the photo-oxidized primary donor of Photosystem II (PS II), Chl a+II, becomes re-reduced with a biphasic kinetics in the nanosecond time scale with half-life times of about 50 ns and 400 ns. The remaining Chl a+II becomes re-reduced in the microsecond range