Energy and electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center complex of Acidiphilium rubrum containing Zn-bacteriochlorophyll a studied by femtosecond up-conversion spectroscopy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1767, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Tomi, Tetsuo ^a   Shibata, Yutaka ^a   Ikeda, Yuki ^a   Taniguchi, Seiji ^b   Haik, Chosrowjan ^b   Mataga, Noboru ^b   Shimada, Keizo ^c   Itoh, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Energy transfer; Fluorescence up conversion; Purple photosynthetic bacteria; Reaction center; Zn bacteriochlorophyll a

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN A; DIMER; MAGNESIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDIPHILIUM RUBRUM; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE UP CONVERSION METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

ACIDIPHILIUM; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHEOPHYTINS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

ACIDIPHILIUM RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 33846192801     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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