Picosecond Kinetics of Events Leading to Reaction Center Bacteriochlorophyll Oxidation
SciencePublished 27 June 1975
K. Kaufmann, P. Leslie Dutton, Thomas L. Netzel, J.S. Leigh, P. M. Rentzepis
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A transient absorption spectrum has been measured in Rhodopseudomonas spheroides R26 reaction centers and its salient features indicate that both the bacteriopheophytin and bacteriochlorophyll chromophores play a role in the excited state.
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A transient absorption spectrum has been measured in Rhodopseudomonas spheroides R26 reaction centers. Its salient features indicate that both the bacteriopheophytin and bacteriochlorophyll chromophores play a role in the excited state. Decay of this state yields a rise time for oxidation of the reaction center complex of about 150 picoseconds.
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