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THE MECHANISM OF SINGLET‐SINGLET EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER FROM CAROTENOIDS TO CHLOROPHYLL
Author(s) -
Naqvi K. Razi
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1980.tb03739.x
Subject(s) - carotenoid , photochemistry , photosynthesis , energy transfer , excitation , chlorophyll , acceptor , singlet state , chemistry , singlet oxygen , electron transfer , pigment , molecule , chemical physics , atomic physics , physics , excited state , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , oxygen
— It is proposed that the light‐harvesting function of carotenoids in photosynthesis requires electron exchange between the energy donor (carotenoids) and the acceptor (antenna Chi molecules); this supports an earlier suggestion by Goedheer (1972) that there exists a close spatial relationship between these pigments in vivo.