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The Primary Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria: Long Range Electron Transfer in the Femtosecond Domain at Low Temperature

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The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 149))

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The conversion of light energy into chemical free energy in the reaction center (RC) of photosynthetic purple bacteria is a highly efficient process which involves very fast initial reactions able to efficiently compete with radiative lifetimes. The primary charge separation occurs between a bacteriochlorophyll dimer (P) and a bacteriopheophytin molecule (HL) located on the side of the L polypeptide subunit. The structure of the RC, as solved by X-ray crystallography, shows that a monomeric bacteriochlorophyll (BL) is located in between P and HL. The role of this molecule in the initial charge separation process is not yet understood and is the object of much current experimental and theoretical scrutinity.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, INSERM U275, Ecole Polytechnique ENSTA, 91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    J. L. Martin & J. C. Lambry

  2. Service de Biophysique, CEN/Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    J. Breton

  3. Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, USA

    G. Fleming

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  2. ARBS, CEN Cadarache, Saint Paul lez Durance, France

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Martin, J.L., Breton, J., Lambry, J.C., Fleming, G. (1988). The Primary Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria: Long Range Electron Transfer in the Femtosecond Domain at Low Temperature. In: Breton, J., Verméglio, A. (eds) The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center. NATO ASI Series, vol 149. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0815-5_21

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