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Effect of photo-oxidation on energy transfer in light harvesting complex (LH2) from rhodobacter sphaeroides 601

  • Kang Jun Liu
  • , Wei Min Liu
  • , Yong Li Yan
  • , Zhi Wei Dong
  • , Yuan Liu
  • , Chun He Xu
  • , Shi Xiong Qian*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Fudan University
  • CAS - Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences

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Abstract

We study the photo-oxidation of bacteriochlorophylls (BChls) in peripheral light harvesting complexes (LH2) from rhodobacter sphaeroides by using the steady absorption and the femtosecond pump-probe measurement, to realize the detailed dynamics of LH2 in the presence of photo-oxidation. The experimental results reveal that BChl-B850 radical cations may act as an additional channel to compete with the unoxidized BChl-B850 molecules for rapidly releasing the excitation energy, while the B800B850 energy transfer rate is almost unaffected in the oxidation process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number069
Pages (from-to)2598-2601
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume23
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2006
Externally publishedYes

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