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Timpmann K, Rätsep M, Kangur L, Lehtmets A, Wang-Otomo ZY, Freiberg A. Exciton Origin of Color-Tuning in Ca 2+-Binding Photosynthetic Bacteria. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147338. [PMID: 34298960 PMCID: PMC8303132 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Flexible color adaptation to available ecological niches is vital for the photosynthetic organisms to thrive. Hence, most purple bacteria living in the shade of green plants and algae apply bacteriochlorophyll a pigments to harvest near infra-red light around 850–875 nm. Exceptions are some Ca2+-containing species fit to utilize much redder quanta. The physical basis of such anomalous absorbance shift equivalent to ~5.5 kT at ambient temperature remains unsettled so far. Here, by applying several sophisticated spectroscopic techniques, we show that the Ca2+ ions bound to the structure of LH1 core light-harvesting pigment–protein complex significantly increase the couplings between the bacteriochlorophyll pigments. We thus establish the Ca-facilitated enhancement of exciton couplings as the main mechanism of the record spectral red-shift. The changes in specific interactions such as pigment–protein hydrogen bonding, although present, turned out to be secondary in this regard. Apart from solving the two-decade-old conundrum, these results complement the list of physical principles applicable for efficient spectral tuning of photo-sensitive molecular nano-systems, native or synthetic.
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- Kõu Timpmann
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; (K.T.); (M.R.); (L.K.); (A.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; (K.T.); (M.R.); (L.K.); (A.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; (K.T.); (M.R.); (L.K.); (A.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; (K.T.); (M.R.); (L.K.); (A.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; (K.T.); (M.R.); (L.K.); (A.L.)
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Reimers JR, Rätsep M, Freiberg A. Asymmetry in the Q y Fluorescence and Absorption Spectra of Chlorophyll a Pertaining to Exciton Dynamics. Front Chem 2020; 8:588289. [PMID: 33344415 PMCID: PMC7738624 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.588289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Significant asymmetry found between the high-resolution Qy emission and absorption spectra of chlorophyll-a is herein explained, providing basic information needed to understand photosynthetic exciton transport and photochemical reactions. The Qy spectral asymmetry in chlorophyll has previously been masked by interference in absorption from the nearby Qx transition, but this effect has recently been removed using extensive quantum spectral simulations or else by analytical inversion of absorption and magnetic circular dichroism data, allowing high-resolution absorption information to be accurately determined from fluorescence-excitation spectra. To compliment this, here, we measure and thoroughly analyze the high-resolution differential fluorescence line narrowing spectra of chlorophyll-a in trimethylamine and in 1-propanol. The results show that vibrational frequencies often change little between absorption and emission, yet large changes in line intensities are found, this effect also being strongly solvent dependent. Among other effects, the analysis in terms of four basic patterns of Duschinsky-rotation matrix elements, obtained using CAM-B3LYP calculations, predicts that a chlorophyll-a molecule excited into a specific vibrational level, may, without phase loss or energy relaxation, reemit the light over a spectral bandwidth exceeding 1,000 cm−1 (0.13 eV) to influence exciton-transport dynamics.
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- Jeffrey R Reimers
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Leiger K, Linnanto JM, Freiberg A. Establishment of the Qy Absorption Spectrum of Chlorophyll a Extending to Near-Infrared. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25173796. [PMID: 32825445 PMCID: PMC7503670 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A weak absorption tail related to the Qy singlet electronic transition of solvated chlorophyll a is discovered using sensitive anti-Stokes fluorescence excitation spectroscopy. The quasi-exponentially decreasing tail was, at ambient temperature, readily observable as far as -2400 cm-1 from the absorption peak and at relative intensity of 10-7. The tail also weakened rapidly upon cooling the sample, implying its basic thermally activated nature. The shape of the spectrum as well as its temperature dependence were qualitatively well reproduced by quantum chemical calculations involving the pigment intramolecular vibrational modes, their overtones, and pairwise combination modes, but no intermolecular/solvent modes. A similar tail was observed earlier in the case of bacteriochlorophyll a, suggesting generality of this phenomenon. Long vibronic red tails are, thus, expected to exist in all pigments of light-harvesting relevance at physiological temperatures.
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- Kristjan Leiger
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 51011 Tartu, Estonia; (K.L.); (J.M.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 51011 Tartu, Estonia; (K.L.); (J.M.L.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 51011 Tartu, Estonia; (K.L.); (J.M.L.)
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
- Estonian Academy of Sciences, Kohtu 6, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia
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Kim CW, Rhee YM. Toward monitoring the dissipative vibrational energy flows in open quantum systems by mixed quantum-classical simulations. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:244109. [PMID: 32610983 DOI: 10.1063/5.0009867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In open quantum system dynamics, rich information about the major energy relaxation channels and corresponding relaxation rates can be elucidated by monitoring the vibrational energy flow among individual bath modes. However, such calculations often become tremendously difficult as the complexity of the subsystem-bath coupling increases. In this paper, we attempt to make this task feasible by using a mixed quantum-classical method, the Poisson-bracket mapping equation with non-Hamiltonian modification (PBME-nH) [H. W. Kim and Y. M. Rhee, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 184106 (2014)]. For a quantum subsystem bilinearly coupled to harmonic bath modes, we derive an expression for the mode energy in terms of the classical positions and momenta of the nuclei, while keeping consistency with the energy of the quantum subsystem. The accuracy of the resulting expression is then benchmarked against a numerically exact method by using relatively simple models. Although our expression predicts a qualitatively correct dissipation rate for a range of situations, cases involving a strong vibronic resonance are quite challenging. This is attributed to the inherent lack of quantum back reaction in PBME-nH, which becomes significant when the subsystem strongly interacts with a small number of bath modes. A rigorous treatment of such an effect will be crucial for developing quantitative simulation methods that can handle generic subsystem-bath coupling.
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- Chang Woo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Rätsep M, Linnanto JM, Muru R, Biczysko M, Reimers JR, Freiberg A. Absorption-emission symmetry breaking and the different origins of vibrational structures of the 1Qy and 1Qx electronic transitions of pheophytin a. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:165102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5116265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Rätsep M, Linnanto JM, Freiberg A. Higher Order Vibronic Sidebands of Chlorophyll a and Bacteriochlorophyll a for Enhanced Excitation Energy Transfer and Light Harvesting. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7149-7156. [PMID: 31356081 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Optical absorption and fluorescence spectra of molecules in condensed phases often show extensive sidebands. Originating from electron-vibrational and electron-phonon couplings, these spectral tails bear important information on the dynamics of electronic states and processes the molecules are involved in. The vibronic sidebands observed in conjugate Qy absorption and fluorescence spectra of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a are relatively weak, characterized by the total Huang-Rhys factor which is less than one. Therefore, it is widely considered that only fundamental intramolecular modes are responsible for their formation. Here, we provide evidence for extra-long and structured fluorescence tails of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a as far as 4000 cm-1 from respective spectral origins, far beyond the frequency range of fundamental modes. According to quantum chemical simulations, these sidebands extending to ∼960 nm in chlorophyll a and ∼1140 nm in bacteriochlorophyll a into the infrared part of the optical spectrum are mainly contributed to by vibrational overtones of the fundamental modes. Because energy transfer and relaxation processes generally depend on vibronic overlap integrals, these findings potentially contribute to better understanding of many vital photo-induced phenomena, including photosynthetic light harvesting.
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics , University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Street 1 , 50411 Tartu , Estonia
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- Institute of Physics , University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Street 1 , 50411 Tartu , Estonia
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- Institute of Physics , University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Street 1 , 50411 Tartu , Estonia.,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of Tartu , Riia 23 , 51010 Tartu , Estonia.,Estonian Academy of Sciences , Kohtu 6 , 10130 Tallinn , Estonia
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Leiger K, Linnanto JM, Rätsep M, Timpmann K, Ashikhmin AA, Moskalenko AA, Fufina TY, Gabdulkhakov AG, Freiberg A. Controlling Photosynthetic Excitons by Selective Pigment Photooxidation. J Phys Chem B 2018; 123:29-38. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b08083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kristjan Leiger
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51014, Estonia
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Adolphs J, Maier F, Renger T. Wavelength-Dependent Exciton-Vibrational Coupling in the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Binding Protein Revealed by Multilevel Theory of Difference Fluorescence Line-Narrowing. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:8891-8899. [PMID: 30183300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b08410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One of the most powerful line-narrowing techniques used to unravel the homogeneous lineshapes of inhomogeneously broadened systems is difference fluorescence line-narrowing spectroscopy. When this spectroscopy was applied to multichromophoric systems so far, the spectra were analyzed by an effective two-level system approach, composed of the electronic ground state and the lowest exciton state. An effective Huang-Rhys factor was assigned for the coupling of this state to the vibrations. Here, we extend this approach by including a multilevel line shape theory, which takes into account the excitonic coupling between pigments and thereby the effect of the delocalization of the excited states explicitly. In this way, it becomes possible to extract the spectral density of the local exciton-vibrational coupling. The theory is applied to the recombinant water-soluble chlorophyll binding protein reconstituted with chlorophyll a or b and reveals a significant decrease of the Huang-Rhys factor of the local exciton-vibrational coupling with decreasing transition energy of the chlorophylls. This decrease could be due to the increase in steric interactions reducing the flexibility of the environment and red-shifting the site energy of the pigments.
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- Julian Adolphs
- Institute for Theoretical Physics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69 , 4040 Linz , Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69 , 4040 Linz , Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69 , 4040 Linz , Austria
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Pieper J, Artene P, Rätsep M, Pajusalu M, Freiberg A. Evaluation of Electron–Phonon Coupling and Spectral Densities of Pigment–Protein Complexes by Line-Narrowed Optical Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:9289-9301. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b05220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Caycedo-Soler F, Lim J, Oviedo-Casado S, van Hulst NF, Huelga SF, Plenio MB. Theory of Excitonic Delocalization for Robust Vibronic Dynamics in LH2. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3446-3453. [PMID: 29863872 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Nonlinear spectroscopy has revealed long-lasting oscillations in the optical response of a variety of photosynthetic complexes. Different theoretical models that involve the coherent coupling of electronic (excitonic) or electronic-vibrational (vibronic) degrees of freedom have been put forward to explain these observations. The ensuing debate concerning the relevance of either mechanism may have obscured their complementarity. To illustrate this balance, we quantify how the excitonic delocalization in the LH2 unit of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila purple bacterium leads to correlations of excitonic energy fluctuations, relevant coherent vibronic coupling, and importantly, a decrease in the excitonic dephasing rates. Combining these effects, we identify a feasible origin for the long-lasting oscillations observed in fluorescent traces from time-delayed two-pulse single-molecule experiments performed on this photosynthetic complex and use this approach to discuss the role of this complementarity in other photosynthetic systems.
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- Felipe Caycedo-Soler
- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Integrated Quantum Science and Technology IQST , University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 , D-89069 Ulm , Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Integrated Quantum Science and Technology IQST , University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 , D-89069 Ulm , Germany
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- Departmento de Física Aplicada , Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena , 30202 Cartagena , Spain
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques , The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona , Spain
- ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , 08010 Barcelona , Spain
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Integrated Quantum Science and Technology IQST , University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 , D-89069 Ulm , Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Integrated Quantum Science and Technology IQST , University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 , D-89069 Ulm , Germany
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Kim CW, Choi B, Rhee YM. Excited state energy fluctuations in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex from molecular dynamics simulations with interpolated chromophore potentials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:3310-3319. [PMID: 29186231 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06303b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We analyze the environment-induced fluctuation of pigment excitation energies in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex from various perspectives, by employing an interpolation-based all-atom potential energy model for describing realistic pigment vibrations. We conduct molecular dynamics simulations on a 100 ns timescale, which is an extent that can enclose the effect of static disorder, and demonstrate its timescale separation from fast dynamic disorder. We extract the spectral densities of the complex by considering both the site and the exciton bases. We show that exciton delocalization reduces the effective environmental fluctuation and rationalize this aspect based on a model of fluctuating molecular aggregates. We also obtained the spectral density of the lowest exciton state under low temperature conditions and show that it reasonably well reproduces the experimental result. Finally, by additionally performing non-equilibrium excited state trajectory simulations, we show that the system lies well within the linear response regime after photo-absorption and that the pigments do not visit anharmonic regions of the potential surface to a significant extent. This indicates that methodologies based on harmonic bath models are indeed reasonable approaches for describing the excited state dynamics of the FMO complex.
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- Chang Woo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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Rätsep M, Timpmann K, Kawakami T, Wang-Otomo ZY, Freiberg A. Spectrally Selective Spectroscopy of Native Ca-Containing and Ba-Substituted LH1-RC Core Complexes from Thermochromatium tepidum. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10318-10326. [PMID: 29058423 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The LH1-RC core complex from the thermophilic photosynthetic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum has recently attracted interest of many researchers because of its several unique properties, such as increased robustness against environmental hardships and the much red-shifted near-infrared absorption spectrum of the LH1 antenna exciton polarons. The known near-atomic-resolution crystal structure of the complex well supported this attention. Yet several mechanistic aspects of the complex prominence remained to be understood. In this work, samples of the native, Ca2+-containing core complexes were investigated along with those destabilized by Ba2+ substitution, using various spectrally selective steady-state and picosecond time-resolved spectroscopic techniques at physiological and cryogenic temperatures. As a result, the current interpretation of exciton spectra of the complex was significantly clarified. Specifically, by evaluating the homogeneous and inhomogeneous compositions of the spectra, we showed that there is little to no effect of cation substitution on the dynamic or kinetic properties of antenna excitons. Reasons of the extra red shift of absorption/fluorescence spectra observed in the Ca-LH1-RC and not in the Ba-LH1-RC complex should thus be searched in subtle structural differences following the inclusion of different cations into the core complex scaffold.
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu , W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia.,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu , Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Pieper J, Rätsep M, Golub M, Schmitt FJ, Artene P, Eckert HJ. Excitation energy transfer in phycobiliproteins of the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina investigated by spectral hole burning. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2017; 133:225-234. [PMID: 28560566 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0396-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina developed two types of antenna complexes, which contain chlorophyll-d (Chl d) and phycocyanobilin (PCB) as light-harvesting pigment molecules, respectively. The latter membrane-extrinsic complexes are denoted as phycobiliproteins (PBPs). Spectral hole burning was employed to study excitation energy transfer and electron-phonon coupling in PBPs. The data reveal a rich spectral substructure with a total of four low-energy electronic states whose absorption bands peak at 633, 644, 654, and at about 673 nm. The electronic states at ~633 and 644 nm can be tentatively attributed to phycocyanin (PC) and allophycocyanin (APC), respectively. The remaining low-energy electronic states including the terminal emitter at 673 nm may be associated with different isoforms of PC, APC, or the linker protein. Furthermore, the hole burning data reveal a large number of excited state vibrational frequencies, which are characteristic for the chromophore PCB. In summary, the results are in good agreement with the low-energy level structure of PBPs and electron-phonon coupling parameters reported by Gryliuk et al. (BBA 1837:1490-1499, 2014) based on difference fluorescence line-narrowing experiments.
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- Jörg Pieper
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Löhner A, Ashraf K, Cogdell RJ, Köhler J. Fluorescence-excitation and Emission Spectroscopy on Single FMO Complexes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31875. [PMID: 27545197 PMCID: PMC4992959 DOI: 10.1038/srep31875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In green-sulfur bacteria sunlight is absorbed by antenna structures termed chlorosomes, and transferred to the RC via the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex. FMO consists of three monomers arranged in C3 symmetry where each monomer accommodates eight Bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) molecules. It was the first pigment-protein complex for which the structure has been determined with high resolution and since then this complex has been the subject of numerous studies both experimentally and theoretically. Here we report about fluorescence-excitation spectroscopy as well as emission spectroscopy from individual FMO complexes at low temperatures. The individual FMO complexes are subjected to very fast spectral fluctuations smearing out any possible different information from the ensemble data that were recorded under the same experimental conditions. In other words, on the time scales that are experimentally accessible by single-molecule techniques, the FMO complex exhibits ergodic behaviour.
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- Alexander Löhner
- Experimental Physics IV and Bayreuth Institute for Macromolecular Research (BIMF), University of Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Experimental Physics IV and Bayreuth Institute for Macromolecular Research (BIMF), University of Bayreuth, Germany
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Freiberg A, Chenchiliyan M, Rätsep M, Timpmann K. Spectral and kinetic effects accompanying the assembly of core complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1727-1733. [PMID: 27514285 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the present work, spectral and kinetic changes accompanying the assembly of the light-harvesting 1 (LH1) complex with the reaction center (RC) complex into monomeric RC-LH1 and dimeric RC-LH1-PufX core complexes of the photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides are systematically studied over the temperature range of 4.5-300K. The samples were interrogated with a combination of optical absorption, hole burning, fluorescence excitation, steady state and picosecond time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Fair additivity of the LH1 and RC absorption spectra suggests rather weak electronic coupling between them. A low-energy tail revealed at cryogenic temperatures in the absorption spectra of both monomeric and dimeric core complexes is proved to be due to the special pair of the RC. At selected excitation intensity and temperature, the fluorescence decay time of core complexes is shown to be a function of multiple factors, most importantly of the presence/absence of RCs, the supramolecular architecture (monomeric or dimeric) of the complexes, and whether the complexes were studied in a native membrane environment or in a detergent - purified state.
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- Arvi Freiberg
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald Str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1627-1640. [PMID: 27372198 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device design, additional low-energy states have been discovered in many systems with obscure origins and significance. However, as low-energy states are naively expected to be critical to function, these observations pose important challenges. A review of known properties of low energy states covering eight photochemical systems, and options for their interpretation, are presented. A concerted experimental and theoretical research strategy is suggested and outlined, this being aimed at providing a fully comprehensive understanding.
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Adolphs J, Berrer M, Renger T. Hole-Burning Spectroscopy on Excitonically Coupled Pigments in Proteins: Theory Meets Experiment. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:2993-3001. [PMID: 26811003 PMCID: PMC4786881 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A theory for the calculation of resonant
and nonresonant hole-burning
(HB) spectra of pigment–protein complexes is presented and
applied to the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein (WSCP) from
cauliflower. The theory is based on a non-Markovian line shape theory
(Renger and Marcus2002, 116, 9997) and includes exciton delocalization, vibrational
sidebands, and lifetime broadening. An earlier approach by Reppert
(2011, 2, 2716) is found to describe nonresonant HB spectra only. Here we present
a theory that can be used for a quantitative description of HB data
for both nonresonant and resonant burning conditions. We find that
it is important to take into account the excess energy of the excitation
in the HB process. Whereas excitation of the zero-phonon transition
of the lowest exciton state, that is, resonant burning allows the
protein to access only its conformational substates in the neighborhood
of the preburn state, any higher excitation gives the protein full
access to all conformations present in the original inhomogeneous
ensemble. Application of the theory to recombinant WSCP from cauliflower,
reconstituted with chlorophyll a or chlorophyll b, gives excellent agreement with experimental data by Pieper
et al. (2011, 115, 405321417356) and allows us to obtain an upper bound of the lifetime of the upper
exciton state directly from the HB experiments in agreement with lifetimes
measured recently in time domain 2D experiments by Alster et al. (2014, 118, 352424627983).
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- Julian Adolphs
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Altenberger Str. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Altenberger Str. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Altenberger Str. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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Rätsep M, Pajusalu M, Linnanto JM, Freiberg A. Subtle spectral effects accompanying the assembly of bacteriochlorophylls into cyclic light harvesting complexes revealed by high-resolution fluorescence spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:155102. [PMID: 25338912 DOI: 10.1063/1.4897637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have observed that an assembly of the bacteriochloropyll a molecules into B850 and B875 groups of cyclic bacterial light-harvesting complexes LH2 and LH1, respectively, results an almost total loss of the intra-molecular vibronic structure in the fluorescence spectrum, and simultaneously, an essential enhancement of its phonon sideband due to electron-phonon coupling. While the suppression of the vibronic coupling in delocalized (excitonic) molecular systems is predictable, as also confirmed by our model calculations, a boost of the electron-phonon coupling is rather unexpected. The latter phenomenon is explained by exciton self-trapping, promoted by mixing the molecular exciton states with charge transfer states between the adjacent chromophores in the tightly packed B850 and B875 arrangements. Similar, although less dramatic trends were noted for the light-harvesting complexes containing chlorophyll pigments.
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Reppert M, Kell A, Pruitt T, Jankowiak R. Comments on the optical lineshape function: Application to transient hole-burned spectra of bacterial reaction centers. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:094111. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4913685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Mike Reppert
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
- Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Vrandecic K, Rätsep M, Wilk L, Rusevich L, Golub M, Reppert M, Irrgang KD, Kühlbrandt W, Pieper J. Protein dynamics tunes excited state positions in light-harvesting complex II. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:3920-30. [PMID: 25664910 DOI: 10.1021/jp5112873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Light harvesting and excitation energy transfer in photosynthesis are relatively well understood at cryogenic temperatures up to ∼100 K, where crystal structures of several photosynthetic complexes including the major antenna complex of green plants (LHC II) are available at nearly atomic resolution. The situation is much more complex at higher or even physiological temperatures, because the spectroscopic properties of antenna complexes typically undergo drastic changes above ∼100 K. We have addressed this problem using a combination of quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) and optical spectroscopy on native LHC II and mutant samples lacking the Chl 2/Chl a 612 pigment molecule. Absorption difference spectra of the Chl 2/Chl a 612 mutant of LHC II reveal pronounced changes of spectral position and their widths above temperatures as low as ∼80 K. The complementary QENS data indicate an onset of conformational protein motions at about the same temperature. This finding suggests that excited state positions in LHC II are affected by protein dynamics on the picosecond time scale. In more detail, this means that at cryogenic temperatures the antenna complex is trapped in certain protein conformations. At higher temperature, however, a variety of conformational substates with different spectral position may be thermally accessible. At the same time, an analysis of the widths of the absorption difference spectra of Chl 2/Chl a 612 reveals three different reorganization energies or Huang-Rhys factors in different temperature ranges, respectively. These findings imply that (dynamic) pigment-protein interactions fine-tune electronic energy levels and electron-phonon coupling of LHC II for efficient excitation energy transfer at physiological temperatures.
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- Kamarniso Vrandecic
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu , Ravila 14C, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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Excitation energy transfer and electron-vibrational coupling in phycobiliproteins of the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina investigated by site-selective spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1490-9. [PMID: 24560813 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 01/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In adaption to its specific environmental conditions, the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina developed two different types of light-harvesting complexes: chlorophyll-d-containing membrane-intrinsic complexes and phycocyanobilin (PCB) - containing phycobiliprotein (PBP) complexes. The latter complexes are believed to form a rod-shaped structure comprising three homo-hexamers of phycocyanin (PC), one hetero-hexamer of phycocyanin and allophycocyanin (APC) and probably a linker protein connecting the PBPs to the reaction centre. Excitation energy transfer and electron-vibrational coupling in PBPs have been investigated by selectively excited fluorescence spectra. The data reveal a rich spectral substructure with a total of five low-energy electronic states with fluorescence bands at 635nm, 645nm, 654nm, 659nm and a terminal emitter at about 673 nm. The electronic states at ~635 and 645 nm are tentatively attributed to PC and APC, respectively, while an apparent heterogeneity among PC subunits may also play a role. The other fluorescence bands may be associated with three different isoforms of the linker protein. Furthermore, a large number of vibrational features can be identified for each electronic state with intense phonon sidebands peaking at about 31 to 37cm⁻¹, which are among the highest phonon frequencies observed for photosynthetic antenna complexes. The corresponding Huang-Rhys factors S fall in the range between 0.98 (terminal emitter), 1.15 (APC), and 1.42 (PC). Two characteristic vibronic lines at about 1580 and 1634cm⁻¹ appear to reflect CNH⁺ and CC stretching modes of the PCB chromophore, respectively. The exact phonon and vibrational frequencies vary with electronic state implying that the respective PCB chromophores are bound to different protein environments. This article is part of a special issue entitled: photosynthesis research for sustainability: keys to produce clean energy.
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Lin C, Renge I, Jankowiak R. Fluorescence line-narrowing difference spectra: Dependence of Huang–Rhys factor on excitation wavelength. Chem Phys Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kunz R, Timpmann K, Southall J, Cogdell RJ, Freiberg A, Köhler J. Exciton Self Trapping in Photosynthetic Pigment–Protein Complexes Studied by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:11017-23. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3040456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ralf Kunz
- Experimental Physics IV and
Bayreuth Institute for Macromolecular Research (BIMF), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu EE-51014, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and
Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences,
Biomedical Research Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and
Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences,
Biomedical Research Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu EE-51014, Estonia
- Institute of Molecular and Cell
Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23,
Tartu EE-51010, Estonia
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- Experimental Physics IV and
Bayreuth Institute for Macromolecular Research (BIMF), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Freiberg A, Rätsep M, Timpmann K. A comparative spectroscopic and kinetic study of photoexcitations in detergent-isolated and membrane-embedded LH2 light-harvesting complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1817:1471-82. [PMID: 22172735 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Integral membrane proteins constitute more than third of the total number of proteins present in organisms. Solubilization with mild detergents is a common technique to study the structure, dynamics, and catalytic activity of these proteins in purified form. However beneficial the use of detergents may be for protein extraction, the membrane proteins are often denatured by detergent solubilization as a result of native lipid membrane interactions having been modified. Versatile investigations of the properties of membrane-embedded and detergent-isolated proteins are, therefore, required to evaluate the consequences of the solubilization procedure. Herein, the spectroscopic and kinetic fingerprints have been established that distinguish excitons in individual detergent-solubilized LH2 light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes from them in the membrane-embedded complexes of purple photosynthetic bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides. A wide arsenal of spectroscopic techniques in visible optical range that include conventional broadband absorption-fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy excitation, spectrally selective hole burning and fluorescence line-narrowing, and transient absorption-fluorescence have been applied over broad temperature range between physiological and liquid He temperatures. Significant changes in energetics and dynamics of the antenna excitons upon self-assembly of the proteins into intracytoplasmic membranes are observed, analyzed, and discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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- Arvi Freiberg
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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Theiss C, Schmitt FJ, Pieper J, Nganou C, Grehn M, Vitali M, Olliges R, Eichler HJ, Eckert HJ. Excitation energy transfer in intact cells and in the phycobiliprotein antennae of the chlorophyll d containing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:1473-1487. [PMID: 21396735 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina is unique because it mainly contains Chlorophyll d (Chl d) in the core complexes of PS I and PS II instead of the usually dominant Chl a. Furthermore, its light harvesting system has a structure also different from other cyanobacteria. It has both, a membrane-internal chlorophyll containing antenna and a membrane-external phycobiliprotein (PBP) complex. The first one binds Chl d and is structurally analogous to CP43. The latter one has a rod-like structure consisting of three phycocyanin (PC) homohexamers and one heterohexamer containing PC and allophycocyanin (APC). In this paper, we give an overview on the investigations of excitation energy transfer (EET) in this PBP-light-harvesting system and of charge separation in the photosystem II (PS II) reaction center of A. marina performed at the Technische Universität Berlin. Due to the unique structure of the PBP antenna in A. marina, this EET occurs on a much shorter overall time scale than in other cyanobacteria. We also briefly discuss the question of the pigment composition in the reaction center (RC) of PS II and the nature of the primary donor of the PS II RC.
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- Christoph Theiss
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Berlin, Germany.
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Renger G, Pieper J, Theiss C, Trostmann I, Paulsen H, Renger T, Eichler HJ, Schmitt FJ. Water soluble chlorophyll binding protein of higher plants: a most suitable model system for basic analyses of pigment-pigment and pigment-protein interactions in chlorophyll protein complexes. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:1462-1472. [PMID: 21256622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This short review paper describes spectroscopic studies on pigment-pigment and pigment-protein interactions of chlorophyll (Chl) a and b bound to the recombinant protein of class IIa water soluble chlorophyll protein (WSCP) from cauliflower. Two Chls form a strongly excitonically coupled open sandwich dimer within the tetrameric protein matrix. In marked contrast to the mode of excitonic coupling of Chl and bacterio-Chl molecules in light harvesting complexes and reaction centers of all photosynthetic organisms, the unique structural pigment array in the Chl dimer of WSCP gives rise to an upper excitonic state with a large oscillator strength. This property opens the way for thorough investigations on exciton relaxation processes in Chl-protein complexes. Lifetime measurements of excited singlet states show that the unusual stability towards photodamage of Chls bound to WSCP, which lack any protective carotenoid molecule, originates from a high diffusion barrier to interaction of molecular dioxygen with Chl triplets. Site selective spectroscopic methods provide a wealth of information on the interactions of the Chls with the protein matrix and on the vibronic structure of the pigments. The presented data and discussions illustrate the great potential of WSCP as a model system for systematic experimental and theoretical studies on the functionalizing of Chls by the protein matrix. It opens the way for further detailed analyses and a deeper understanding of the properties of pigment protein complexes.
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- G Renger
- Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany.
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Pflock TJ, Oellerich S, Southall J, Cogdell RJ, Ullmann GM, Köhler J. The Electronically Excited States of LH2 Complexes from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Strain 10050 Studied by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations. I. Isolated, Non-Interacting LH2 Complexes. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:8813-20. [DOI: 10.1021/jp202353c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tobias J. Pflock
- Experimental Physics IV and BIMF, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimental Physics IV and BIMF, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K
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- Computational Biochemistry/Bioinformatics, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth
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- Experimental Physics IV and BIMF, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Jankowiak R, Reppert M, Zazubovich V, Pieper J, Reinot T. Site Selective and Single Complex Laser-Based Spectroscopies: A Window on Excited State Electronic Structure, Excitation Energy Transfer, and Electron–Phonon Coupling of Selected Photosynthetic Complexes. Chem Rev 2011; 111:4546-98. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100234j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ryszard Jankowiak
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal H4B1R6 Quebec, Canada
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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Pieper J, Rätsep M, Trostmann I, Paulsen H, Renger G, Freiberg A. Excitonic Energy Level Structure and Pigment−Protein Interactions in the Recombinant Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein. I. Difference Fluorescence Line-Narrowing. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:4042-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp111455g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Pieper
- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for
Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for
Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Institute of Molecular and Cell
Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Pajusalu M, Rätsep M, Trinkunas G, Freiberg A. Davydov splitting of excitons in cyclic bacteriochlorophyll a nanoaggregates of bacterial light-harvesting complexes between 4.5 and 263 K. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:634-44. [PMID: 21275034 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The nature of electronic excitations created by photon absorption in the cyclic B850 aggregates of 18 bacteriochlorophyll molecules of LH2 antenna complexes of photosynthetic bacteria is studied over a broad temperature range using absorption, fluorescence, and fluorescence anisotropy spectra. The latter technique has been proved to be suitable for revealing the hidden structure of excitons in inhomogeneously broadened spectra of cyclic aggregates. A theoretical model that accounts for differences of absorbing excitons in undeformed and emitting exciton polarons in deformed antenna lattices is also developed. Only a slight decrease of the exciton bandwidth and exciton coupling energy with temperature is observed. Survival of excitons in the whole temperature span from cryogenic to nearly ambient temperatures strongly suggests that collective, coherent electronic excitations might play a role in the functional light-harvesting process taking place at physiological temperatures.
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- Mihkel Pajusalu
- Institute of Physics, Tartu University, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia
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Rätsep M, Cai ZL, Reimers JR, Freiberg A. Demonstration and interpretation of significant asymmetry in the low-resolution and high-resolution Qy fluorescence and absorption spectra of bacteriochlorophyll a. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:024506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3518685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reppert M, Naibo V, Jankowiak R. Accurate modeling of fluorescence line narrowing difference spectra: Direct measurement of the single-site fluorescence spectrum. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:014506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3455890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Novoderezhkin VI, van Grondelle R. Physical origins and models of energy transfer in photosynthetic light-harvesting. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:7352-65. [PMID: 20532406 DOI: 10.1039/c003025b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We perform a quantitative comparison of different energy transfer theories, i.e. modified Redfield, standard and generalized Förster theories, as well as combined Redfield-Förster approach. Physical limitations of these approaches are illustrated and critical values of the key parameters indicating their validity are found. We model at a quantitative level the spectra and dynamics in two photosynthetic antenna complexes: in phycoerythrin 545 from cryptophyte algae and in trimeric LHCII complex from higher plants. These two examples show how the structural organization determines a directed energy transfer and how equilibration within antenna subunits and migration between subunits are superimposed.
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- Vladimir I Novoderezhkin
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992, Moscow, Russia
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Rätsep M, Pajusalu M, Freiberg A. Wavelength-dependent electron–phonon coupling in impurity glasses. Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.07.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pieper J, Rätsep M, Irrgang KD, Freiberg A. Chromophore−Chromophore and Chromophore−Protein Interactions in Monomeric Light-Harvesting Complex II of Green Plants Studied by Spectral Hole Burning and Fluorescence Line Narrowing. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:10870-80. [DOI: 10.1021/jp900836p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jörg Pieper
- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Rätsep M, Linnanto J, Freiberg A. Mirror symmetry and vibrational structure in optical spectra of chlorophyll a. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:194501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3125183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Freiberg A, Rätsep M, Timpmann K, Trinkunas G. Excitonic polarons in quasi-one-dimensional LH1 and LH2 bacteriochlorophyll a antenna aggregates from photosynthetic bacteria: A wavelength-dependent selective spectroscopy study. Chem Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Linnanto J, Korppi-Tommola J. Modelling excitonic energy transfer in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria. Chem Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Freiberg A, Trinkunas G. Unraveling the Hidden Nature of Antenna Excitations. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN SILICO 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9237-4_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Schmitt FJ, Trostmann I, Theiss C, Pieper J, Renger T, Fuesers J, Hubrich EH, Paulsen H, Eichler HJ, Renger G. Excited State Dynamics in Recombinant Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Proteins (WSCP) from Cauliflower Investigated by Transient Fluorescence Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:13951-61. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8024057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- F.-J. Schmitt
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Rätsep M, Pieper J, Irrgang KD, Freiberg A. Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Electron−Phonon and Electron−Vibrational Coupling in the CP29 Antenna Complex of Green Plants. J Phys Chem B 2007; 112:110-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp075170d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Life Science and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences, Forum Seestrasse, Seestrasse 64, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Life Science and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences, Forum Seestrasse, Seestrasse 64, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Life Science and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences, Forum Seestrasse, Seestrasse 64, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Life Science and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Applied Sciences, Forum Seestrasse, Seestrasse 64, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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Rätsep M, Freiberg A. Unusual temperature quenching of bacteriochlorophyll a fluorescence in FMO antenna protein trimers. Chem Phys Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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van Grondelle R, Novoderezhkin VI. Energy transfer in photosynthesis: experimental insights and quantitative models. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2005; 8:793-807. [PMID: 16482320 DOI: 10.1039/b514032c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 380] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We overview experimental and theoretical studies of energy transfer in the photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes LH1, LH2, and LHCII performed during the past decade since the discovery of high-resolution structure of these complexes. Experimental findings obtained with various spectroscopic techniques makes possible a modelling of the excitation dynamics at a quantitative level. The modified Redfield theory allows a precise assignment of the energy transfer pathways together with a direct visualization of the whole excitation dynamics where various regimes from a coherent motion of delocalized exciton to a hopping of localized excitations are superimposed. In a single complex it is possible to observe the switching between these regimes driven by slow conformational motion (as we demonstrate for LH2). Excitation dynamics under quenched conditions in higher-plant complexes is discussed.
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- Rienk van Grondelle
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Rätsep M, Hunter CN, Olsen JD, Freiberg A. Band structure and local dynamics of excitons in bacterial light-harvesting complexes revealed by spectrally selective spectroscopy. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 86:37-48. [PMID: 16172924 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-2749-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hole-burned absorption and line-narrowed fluorescence spectra are studied at 5 K in wild type and mutant LH1 and LH2 antenna preparations from the photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Evidence was found in all samples, even in intact membranes, of the presence of a broad distribution of bacteriochlorophyll species that are unable to communicate energy between each other and to the exciton states of functional antenna complexes. The distribution maximum of these localized species determined by zero phonon hole action spectroscopy is at 783.5 nm in purified LH1 complexes and at 786.8 nm in B850-only mutant LH2 complexes. A well-resolved peak at 807 nm in LH1 complexes is assigned to the exciton band structure of functional core antenna complexes. Similar structure in LH2 complexes overlaps with the distribution of localized species. Off-diagonal (structural) disorder may be responsible for this exciton band structure. Our data also imply that pair-wise inter-chlorophyll couplings determine the resonance fluorescence lineshape of excitonic polarons.
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- Margus Rätsep
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
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Timpmann K, Trinkunas G, Olsen JD, Neil Hunter C, Freiberg A. Bandwidth of excitons in LH2 bacterial antenna chromoproteins. Chem Phys Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pieper J, Irrgang KD, Renger G, Lechner RE. Density of Vibrational States of the Light-Harvesting Complex II of Green Plants Studied by Inelastic Neutron Scattering. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp049341f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Pieper
- Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany, and Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany, and Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany, and Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany, and Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Timpmann K, Rätsep M, Hunter CN, Freiberg A. Emitting Excitonic Polaron States in Core LH1 and Peripheral LH2 Bacterial Light-Harvesting Complexes. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp049165a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kõu Timpmann
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia, and Krebs Institute of Biomolecular Research, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia, and Krebs Institute of Biomolecular Research, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia, and Krebs Institute of Biomolecular Research, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia, and Krebs Institute of Biomolecular Research, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Freiberg A, Rätsep M, Timpmann K, Trinkunas G, Woodbury NW. Self-Trapped Excitons in LH2 Antenna Complexes between 5 K and Ambient Temperature. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0344848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Arvi Freiberg
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, LT-2053 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, LT-2053 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, LT-2053 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, LT-2053 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Institute of Physics, Savanoriu pr. 231, LT-2053 Vilnius, Lithuania
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