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Structure of Antenna Polypeptides

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Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria

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Abstract

Photosynthesis begins with the uptake of light energy by a number of pigment molecules specifically bound to polypeptides within the antenna complexes [1]. The pigments become excited and transfer excitation energy to the special pair of the reaction center [2, 3]. In the antenna complex, which is a multimolecular transport system for delivering excitedstate energy, the polypeptides have a most important function [4]. They are responsible for:

  1. 1.)

    The specific binding of the pigment molecules (their position, orientation and separation).

  2. 2.)

    The specific environment of the pigments (spectral properties).

  3. 3.)

    The structural organization of the pigment-protein-complexes and antenna, (the arrangement of the polypeptides within these complexes).

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    Maria Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle

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Zuber, H. (1985). Structure of Antenna Polypeptides. In: Michel-Beyerle, M.E. (eds) Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82688-7_1

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