The eighth bacteriochlorophyll completes the excitation energy funnel in the FMO protein

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Schmidt Am Busch, Marcel ^a   Müh, Frank ^b   El Amine Madjet, Mohamed ^b   Renger, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biophysical Chemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SYSTEM; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BASEPLATE; BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; HOMOTRIMERS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MODEL SYSTEM; PIGMENT-PROTEIN COMPLEXES; REACTION CENTER; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; STRUCTURE-BASED;

BACTERIA; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR;

PROTEINS;

EID: 78751672836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101541b     Document Type: Article

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