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The fast changes in hydrogen ion concentration which follow photo-activation of the bacteriochlorophyll complex of Chromatium have been measured by observing absorbance changes of the pH indicator bromcresol purple using a ruby-pumped dye laser. This acts as an optical frequency converter with an output pulse corresponding to an absorption peak of the chromatophore. The changes in H+ binding represent a sort of “membrane Bohr effect”.
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CHANCE, B., McCRAY, J. & BUNKENBURG, J. Fast Spectrophotometric Measurement of H+ Changes in Chromatium Chromatophores activated by a Liquid Dye Laser. Nature 225, 705–708 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225705a0
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