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A Structural Basis of Light Energy and Electron Transfer in Biology (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Huber Robert
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198908481
Subject(s) - phycobilisome , electron transfer , intramolecular force , energy transfer , photosynthetic reaction centre , cyanobacteria , chemistry , light energy , biophysics , physics , nanotechnology , chemical physics , photochemistry , materials science , biology , bacteria , optics , stereochemistry , genetics
Aspects of intramolecular light energy and electron transfer are discussed for three protein cofactor complexes whose three‐dimensional structures have been elucidated by X‐ray crystallography: the light harvesting phycobilisomes of cyanobacteria, the reaction center of purple bacteria, and the blue multi‐copper oxidases. A wealth of functional data is available for these systems which allows specific correlations to be made between structure and function and general conclusions to be drawn about light energy and electron transfer in biological materials.