Chloroplasts oxidize Mn2⊕ in the light under aerobic conditions. The reaction is independent of the produced hydrogenperoxide. The oxidation is not mediated by the enzyme peroxidase. but by a direct reaction of Mn2⊕ with an electron carrier which is located between water and the pigment complex II.
Received: 1965-12-8
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1966-3-1
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