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Mechanisms of charge separation in bacterial photosynthesis
Author(s) -
Kharkyanen V. N.,
Khristoforov L. N.,
Kukhtin V. V.,
Petrov E. G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560160421
Subject(s) - photosynthetic reaction centre , non equilibrium thermodynamics , chemistry , chemical physics , charge (physics) , allowance (engineering) , photosynthesis , electron transfer , matrix (chemical analysis) , acceptor , atomic physics , physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chromatography , engineering
Abstract The physical aspects of the primary charge separation processes in bacterial photosynthesis are discussed. The donor‐acceptor model of electron transfer due to participation of protein current states is used. The kinetics of photosynthetic reaction center ( PRC ) processes is investigated and the PRC energetic scheme is constructed using the nonequilibrium density matrix method. It is shown that with allowance for the effect of vibrational sublevels of states participating in transitions the theory describes well experimental data.