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There was not a significant change in distribution in starved vs energized cells even though the amount of binding was much higher in starved cells. Little of the photoproduct comigrated with proteins in SDS polyacrylamide gels, but of the small amount that was attached to proteins, there was selective labelling of proteins. Almost all of the photoproduct extracted with cellular lipids but ran independent of cellular phospholipids in thin layer chromatography. Thus the photoproduct seems not to be covalently attached to a cell component even though it is irreversibly attached to membranes.","These data suggest a change in outer and inner membrane structure occurs in response to the membrane potential across the inner membrane which is detected by a change in association of hydrophobic molecules. 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