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Fujihashi Y, Higashi M, Ishizaki A. Intramolecular Vibrations Complement the Robustness of Primary Charge Separation in a Dimer Model of the Photosystem II Reaction Center. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4921-4929. [PMID: 30095266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The energy conversion of oxygenic photosynthesis is triggered by primary charge separation in proteins at the photosystem II reaction center. Here, we investigate the impacts of the protein environment and intramolecular vibrations on primary charge separation at the photosystem II reaction center. This is accomplished by combining the quantum dynamic theories of condensed phase electron transfer with quantum chemical calculations to evaluate the vibrational Huang-Rhys factors of chlorophyll and pheophytin molecules. We report that individual vibrational modes play a minor role in promoting charge separation, contrary to the discussion in recent publications. Nevertheless, these small contributions accumulate to considerably influence the charge separation rate, resulting in subpicosecond charge separation almost independent of the driving force and temperature. We suggest that the intramolecular vibrations complement the robustness of the charge separation in the photosystem II reaction center against the inherently large static disorder of the involved electronic energies.
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- Yuta Fujihashi
- Institute for Molecular Science , National Institutes of Natural Sciences , Okazaki 444-8585 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science , University of the Ryukyus , 1 Senbaru , Nishihara , Okinawa 903-0213 , Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science , National Institutes of Natural Sciences , Okazaki 444-8585 , Japan
- School of Physical Sciences , The Graduate University for Advanced Studies , Okazaki 444-8585 , Japan
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Renata J. Micro and nanocapsules as supports for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2015-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Jastrząb Renata
- A. Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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Kosumi D, Nishiguchi T, Sugisaki M, Hashimoto H. Ultrafast coherent spectroscopic investigation on photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll a utilizing 20 fs pulses. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Vibronic coherence in oxygenic photosynthesis. Nat Chem 2014; 6:706-11. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Lee H, Cheon S, Cho M. Chiroptical nature of two-exciton states of light-harvesting complex: Doubly resonant three-wave-mixing spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2010; 132:225102. [PMID: 20550421 DOI: 10.1063/1.3432624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Photosynthetic light-harvesting complex is a coupled multichromophore system. Due to electronic couplings between neighboring chlorophylls in the complex, the one- and two-exciton states are delocalized and they can be written as linear combinations of singly and doubly excited configurations, respectively. Despite that the chiroptical properties of one-exciton states in such a multichromophore system have been investigated by using linear optical activity measurement techniques; those of two-exciton states have not been studied before due to a lack of appropriate measurement methods. Here, we present a theoretical description on chiroptical chi((2)) spectroscopy and show that it can be used to investigate such properties of a photosynthetic light-harvesting system, which is the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex, consisting of seven bacteriochlorophylls in its protein subunit. To simulate the doubly resonant sum- and difference-frequency-generation spectra of the complex, one- and two-exciton transition dipoles were calculated. Carrying out quantum chemistry calculations of electronically excited states of a model bacteriochlorophyll system and taking into account the dipole-induced dipole electronic transition processes between the ground state and two-exciton states, we could calculate the two-dimensional sum-frequency-generation spectra revealing dominant second-order chiroptical transition pathways and involved one- and two-exciton states. It is believed that the present computational scheme and the theoretically proposed doubly resonant two-dimensional three-wave-mixing spectroscopy would be of use to shed light on the chiroptical natures of two-exciton states of arbitrary coupled multichromophore systems.
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- Hochan Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
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Chen J, Barry BA. Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Microprobe Spectroscopy of Photosystem II. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:815-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chumanov G, Picorel R, Zarate IO, Cotton TM, Seibert M. Resonance Raman and Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectra of LH2 Antenna Complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Ectothiorhodospira sp. Excited in the Qx and Qy Transitions †. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0710589rraser2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chen M, Zeng H, Larkum AWD, Cai ZL. Raman properties of chlorophyll d, the major pigment of Acaryochloris marina: studies using both Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2004; 60:527-534. [PMID: 14747075 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00258-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The Raman spectroscopy of purified chlorophyll (Chl) d extracted from Acaryochloris marina has been measured over the wide region of 250-3200 cm(-1) at 77 K following excitation of its Soret band at 488 nm and analyzed with the aid of hybrid density-functional vibrational analyses. A Raman peak specific to Chl d, which arises from the formyl group 3(1) C=O stretching, was clearly observed at 1659 cm(-1) with medium intensity. Peaks due to other C=O stretching vibrations of the 13(1) keto-, 13(3) ester- and 17(3) groups were also observed. Four very strong peaks were observed in the range of 1000-1600 cm(-1), assigned to the CC stretching and mixtures of the CH3 bend and CN stretching. CCC and NCC bending contribute to medium intensity peaks at 986 and 915 cm(-1). Out-of-plane CH bending at Chl d methine sites 10, 5 and 20 contribute to observed peaks at 885, 864 and 853 cm(-1), respectively. A few modes involving the MgN stretching and MgNC bending motions were observed in the very low frequency range. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to make assignments on the observed Raman spectrum and the DFT results have been found to be in good agreement with the experimental results.
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- Min Chen
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Shadi IT, Chowdhry BZ, Snowden MJ, Withnall R. Semi-quantitative analysis of indigo carmine, using silver colloids, by surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS). SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2003; 59:2201-2206. [PMID: 12909133 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00063-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The application of surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) to the semi-quantitative analysis of the dye, indigo carmine, has been examined using citrate-reduced silver colloids. Good linear correlations are observed for the dye band at 1580 cm(-1) in the concentration range 10(-7)-10(-5) and 10(-9)-10(-5) mol dm(-3), using laser exciting wavelengths of 514.5 [(R=0.9983)] and 632.8 nm [(R=0.9978)], respectively. At concentrations of dye above 10(-6) M the concentration dependence of the SERRS signals is non-linear due to the coverage of the surface of the colloidal particles by the dye being in excess of a full monolayer. At concentrations above 10(-6) M resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) can be employed for the quantitative analysis of the dye. An internal standard was used and a good linear correlation (R=0.997) was observed for the dependence of dye signal intensities at 1580 cm(-1) in the concentration range 10(-5)-10(-4) M using a laser exciting wavelength of 514.5 nm. The limits of detection of indigo carmine by SERRS (514.5 nm), SERRS (632.8 nm) and solution RRS (514.5 nm) are found to be 0.9, 1 and 38 ppm, respectively.
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- I T Shadi
- Vibrational Spectroscopy Centre, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime Campus, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
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Shadi IT, Chowdhry BZ, Snowden MJ, Withnall R. Semi-quantitative analysis of indigo by surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) using silver colloids. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2003; 59:2213-2220. [PMID: 12909135 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In this paper we report for the first time semi-quantitative analysis of indigo using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and surface enhance resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS). Indigo, a dye widely used today in the textile industry, has been used, historically, both as a dye and as a pigment; the latter in both paintings and in printed material. The molecule is uncharged and largely insoluble in most solvents. The application of SERS/SERRS to the semi-quantitative analysis of indigo has been examined using aggregated citrate-reduced silver colloids with appropriate modifications to experimental protocols to both obtain and maximise SERRS signal intensities. Good linear correlations are observed for the dependence of the intensities of the SERRS band at 1151 cm(-1) using laser exciting wavelengths of 514.5 nm (R=0.9985) and 632.8 nm (R=0.9963) on the indigo concentration over the range 10(-7)-10(-5) and 10(-8)-10(-5) mol dm(-3), respectively. Band intensities were normalised against an internal standard (silver sol band at 243 cm(-1)). Resonance Raman spectra (RRS) of aqueous solutions of indigo could not be collected because of its low solubility and the presence of strong fluorescence. It was, however, possible to obtain RS and RRS spectra of the solid at each laser excitation wavelength. The limits of detection (L.O.D.) of indigo by SERS and SERRS using 514.5 and 632.8 nm were 9 ppm at both exciting wavelengths. Signal enhancement by SERS and SERRS was highly pH dependent due to the formation of singly protonated and possibly doubly protonated forms of the molecule at acidic pH. The SERS and SERRS data provide evidence to suggest that an excess of monolayer coverage of the dye at the surface of silver colloids is observed at concentrations greater than 7.85x10(-6) mol dm(-3) for each exciting wavelength. The data reported herein also strongly suggest the presence of multiple species of the indigo molecule.
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- I T Shadi
- Vibrational Spectroscopy Centre, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Greenwich, Pembroke, Chatham Maritime Campus, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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Chumanov G, Picorel R, Ortiz de Zarate I, Cotton TM, Seibert M. Resonance Raman and surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectra of LH2 antenna complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Ectothiorhodospira sp. excited in the Qx and Qy transitions. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 71:589-95. [PMID: 10818790 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0589:rraser>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Well-resolved vibrational spectra of LH2 complex isolated from two photosynthetic bacteria, Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Ectothiorhodospira sp., were obtained using surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) exciting into the Qx and the Qy transitions of bacteriochlorophyll a. High-quality SERRS spectra in the Qy region were accessible because the strong fluorescence background was quenched near the roughened Ag surface. A comparison of the spectra obtained with 590 nm and 752 nm excitation in the mid- and low-frequency regions revealed spectral differences between the two LH2 complexes as well as between the LH2 complexes and isolated bacteriochlorophyll a. Because peripheral modes of pigments contribute mainly to the low-frequency spectral region, frequencies and intensities of many vibrational bands in this region are affected by interactions with the protein. The results demonstrate that the microenvironment surrounding the pigments within the two LH2 complexes is somewhat different, despite the fact that the complexes exhibit similar electronic absorption spectra. These differences are most probably due to specific pigment-pigment and pigment-protein interactions within the LH2 complexes, and the approach might be useful for addressing subtle static and dynamic structural variances between pigment-protein complexes from different sources or in complexes altered chemically or genetically.
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- G Chumanov
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
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