Electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center: Mechanistic implications of mutagenesis studies

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1211-1218

  Zusman, Leonid D ^a,b   Beratan, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Institute of Inorganic Chemistry   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Design principles; Electron transfer theory; Electron tunneling; Super exchange; Three state systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; PHEOPHYTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHEOPHYTINS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032528764     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(98)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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