Functional Linkage Between the QA and QB Sites of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

1998 ◽  
pp. 693-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin A. Wraight
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Functional Linkage

scholarly journals Excitonic structure and charge separation in the heliobacterial reaction center probed by multispectral multidimensional spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Song ◽  
Riley Sechrist ◽  
Hoang H. Nguyen ◽  
William Johnson ◽  
Darius Abramavicius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Center ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Electronic Spectroscopy ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Primary Electron ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Separation Mechanism ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Density Analysis ◽  
Function Relationship

AbstractPhotochemical reaction centers are the engines that drive photosynthesis. The reaction center from heliobacteria (HbRC) has been proposed to most closely resemble the common ancestor of photosynthetic reaction centers, motivating a detailed understanding of its structure-function relationship. The recent elucidation of the HbRC crystal structure motivates advanced spectroscopic studies of its excitonic structure and charge separation mechanism. We perform multispectral two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the HbRC and corresponding numerical simulations, resolving the electronic structure and testing and refining recent excitonic models. Through extensive examination of the kinetic data by lifetime density analysis and global target analysis, we reveal that charge separation proceeds via a single pathway in which the distinct A0 chlorophyll a pigment is the primary electron acceptor. In addition, we find strong delocalization of the charge separation intermediate. Our findings have general implications for the understanding of photosynthetic charge separation mechanisms, and how they might be tuned to achieve different functional goals.

Quantum oscillatory exciton migration in photosynthetic reaction centers

2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 064510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius Abramavicius ◽  
Shaul Mukamel
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Exciton Migration

Near-Infrared Resonance Raman Spectra of Chloroflexus aurantiacus Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

Biochemistry ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (15) ◽  
pp. 5288-5293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerine J. Cherepy ◽  
Alfred R. Holzwarth ◽  
Richard A. Mathies
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectra ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Resonance Raman ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Chloroflexus Aurantiacus ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Resonance Raman Spectra
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