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Applications of a CP‐II model to excitation transfer experiments on light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b ‐protein complexes
Author(s) -
Lin Su,
Knox Robert S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80785-3
Subject(s) - trimer , chromophore , chlorophyll a , chemistry , photosystem ii , excitation , chlorophyll , absorption (acoustics) , photosynthesis , photochemistry , light harvesting complex , p700 , energy transfer , kinetic energy , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , photosystem , photosystem i , molecule , light harvesting complexes of green plants , physics , chemical physics , optics , biochemistry , laser , dimer , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A theoretical study of energy‐transfer rates between chlorophyll a molecules within light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b complexes of photosystem II (LHC‐II) based on transient absorption recovery data [(1985) FEBS Lett. 193, 267–270] has been made using a trimer model of interacting chromophores [(1977) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 462, 642–658]. It provides a kinetic explanation of the data and shows that the experimental results on LHC‐II are consistent with and therefore support the model.