Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer in the LH1-RC Core Complex of a Bacteriochlorophyll b Containing Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Blastochloris viridis

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 5159-5171

  Magdaong, Nikki Cecil M ^a   Niedzwiedzki, Dariusz M ^a   Goodson, Carrie ^a   Blankenship, Robert E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY TRANSFER; HARVESTING; PIGMENTS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEXES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC; PURPLE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; STEADY-STATE ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION DATA;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL B; CAROTENOID;

CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84975290962     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04307     Document Type: Article

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