A quinone-assisted photoformation of energy-rich chemical bondsIn a study of biochemical means of solar energy conversion, ADP and inorganic phosphates were converted to ATP by white light in the nonaqueous solvent dimethylformamide in the presence of tetrachloro-p-quinone or ubiquinone. Conversion of ADP to ATP has been accomplished in aqueous suspension by the use of cell-like structures aggregated from poly(aspartic acid, glutamic acid, tyrosine). This is believed to occur through the formation of dopaquinone in the peptide structure during illumination. The way in which the quantitative yield of ATP has been influenced by pH and by added substances, such as FeCl2, was studied.
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19800053815
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Legacy CDMS
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Conference Proceedings
Authors
Fox, S. W. (Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Adachi, T. (Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Stillwell, W. (Miami, University Coral Gables, Fla., United States)