Excitation energy transfer between monomeric bacterioclorophylls in reaction centers of P-less mutant of purple photosynthetic bacteria.

Abstract excerpt

Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) are unique natural converters of light energy into chemical energy. Studying the excitation dynamics of these RCs helps better understand the physical mechanisms underlying their organization and function, which may be useful in the creating of their artificial analogs. Using femtosecond differential absorption spectroscopy, we studied the early-time dynamics of excited...

Topics

• Energy Transfer
• Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
• Bacteriochlorophylls
• Rhodobacter sphaeroides
• Mutation
• Photosynthesis