Ultrafast spectroscopy tracks carotenoid configurations in the orange and red carotenoid proteins from cyanobacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 105-117

  Šlouf, Václav ^a   Kuznetsova, Valentyna ^a   Fuciman, Marcel ^a   de Carbon, Céline Bourcier ^b,c   Wilson, Adjélé ^b,c   Kirilovsky, Diana ^b,c   Polívka, Tomáš ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^c SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Intramolecular charge transfer state; Non photochemical quenching; Orange carotenoid protein; Red carotenoid protein; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY;

CAROTENOIDS; CYANOBACTERIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84986253541     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: 15735079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0302-6     Document Type: Article

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