Light-Induced Conformational Changes in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Impact of Detergents and Lipids on the Electronic Structure of the Primary Electron Donor

Biochemistry ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (23) ◽  
pp. 5249-5262 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Deshmukh ◽  
H. Akhavein ◽  
J. C. Williams ◽  
J. P. Allen ◽  
L. Kálmán
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Primary Electron ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Primary Electron Donor

scholarly journals Dehydration affects the electronic structure of the primary electron donor in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers: evidence from visible-NIR and light-induced difference FTIR spectroscopy

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Malferrari ◽  
Paola Turina ◽  
Francesco Francia ◽  
Alberto Mezzetti ◽  
Winfried Leibl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Ftir Spectroscopy ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Primary Electron ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Primary Electron Donor

Dehydration of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers alters the electronic structure of the primary electron donor. Implications for photocatalytic activity are discussed.

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