The Q y absorption spectrum of the light-harvesting complex II as determined by structure-based analysis of chlorophyll macrocycle deformations

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2717-2736

  Zucchelli, Giuseppe ^a   Santabarbara, Stefano ^a   Jennings, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA COMPLEXES; ATOMIC COORDINATE; C3 SYMMETRY; EIGENSTATES; FRONTIER ORBITALS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IDEAL DIPOLE APPROXIMATIONS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX II; MACROCYCLES; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAVES; STRUCTURE-BASED; TRANSITION DIPOLE STRENGTH; TRANSITION ENERGY;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHLOROPHYLL; DEFORMATION;

OLIGOMERS;

CHLOROPHYLL; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84859413708     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi201677q     Document Type: Article

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