Abstract
The primary charge separation in photosynthetic bacterial reaction centres (RC) is charactrized by three unique features: (i) Ultrafast rate in the psec domain which precludes energy waste due to back transfer to the antenna, (ii) non-Arrhenius temperature dependence of the rate, which manifests optimal coupling to the medium nuclear motion, and (iii) unidirectionality across the A branch of the quasisymmetric RC.
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Bixon, M., Jortner, J., Michel-Beyerle, M.E. (1990). On the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. In: Michel-Beyerle, ME. (eds) Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer Series in Biophysics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61297-8_38
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