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Lifschitz AM, Young RM, Mendez-Arroyo J, Roznyatovskiy VV, McGuirk CM, Wasielewski MR, Mirkin CA. Chemically regulating Rh(i)-Bodipy photoredox switches. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:6850-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01345j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Photoinduced electron transfer from a Rh(i) center to an excited Bodipy unit within coordination complexes is regulated in situ by affecting the redox potential of either moiety thought the introduction of neutral and anionic ligands.
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- A. M. Lifschitz
- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
- Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center
- Northwestern University
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
- Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center
- Northwestern University
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
- Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center
- Northwestern University
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Northwestern University
- Evanston, USA
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Barnes JC, Fahrenbach AC, Cao D, Dyar SM, Frasconi M, Giesener MA, Benitez D, Tkatchouk E, Chernyashevskyy O, Shin WH, Li H, Sampath S, Stern CL, Sarjeant AA, Hartlieb KJ, Liu Z, Carmieli R, Botros YY, Choi JW, Slawin AMZ, Ketterson JB, Wasielewski MR, Goddard WA, Stoddart JF. A Radically Configurable Six-State Compound. Science 2013; 339:429-33. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1228429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wasielewski MR, Johnson DG, Seibert M. Determination of the primary charge separation rate in isolated photosystem II reaction centers with 500-fs time resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 86:524-8. [PMID: 16594012 PMCID: PMC286504 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.2.524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have measured directly the rate of formation of the oxidized chlorophyll a electron donor (P680(+)) and the reduced electron acceptor pheophytin a(-) (Pheoa(-)) following excitation of isolated spinach photosystem II reaction centers at 4 degrees C. The reaction-center complex consists of D(1), D(2), and cytochrome b-559 proteins and was prepared by a procedure that stabilizes the protein complex. Transient absorption difference spectra were measured from 440 to 850 nm as a function of time with 500-fs resolution following 610-nm laser excitation. The formation of P680(+)-Pheoa(-) is indicated by the appearance of a band due to P680(+) at 820 nm and corresponding absorbance changes at 505 and 540 nm due to formation of Pheoa(-). The appearance of the 820-nm band is monoexponential with tau = 3.0 +/- 0.6 ps. The time constant for decay of (1*)P680, the lowest excited singlet state of P680, monitored at 650 nm, is tau = 2.6 +/- 0.6 ps and agrees with that of the appearance of P680(+) within experimental error. Treatment of the photosystem II reaction centers with sodium dithionite and methyl viologen followed by exposure to laser excitation, conditions known to result in accumulation of Pheoa(-), results in formation of a transient absorption spectrum due to (1*)P680. We find no evidence for an electron acceptor that precedes the formation of Pheoa(-).
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- M R Wasielewski
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
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Wasielewski MR, Norris JR, Shipman LL, Lin CP, Svec WA. Monomeric chlorophyll a enol: Evidence for its possible role as the primary electron donor in photosystem I of plant photosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 78:2957-61. [PMID: 16593015 PMCID: PMC319478 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.5.2957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The chlorophyll a (Chl a) special-pair model of the primary donor of photosystem I (P700) does not account in a completely adequate fashion for the magnetic resonance properties observed for P700(+). Moreover, P700 is at least 420 mV easier to oxidize than is Chl a in vitro. Neither Chl a dimer formation nor selective ligation of Chl a can account for this potential difference. Enolization of the Chl a ring V beta-keto ester results in a very different pi electronic structure. The Chl a enol can be trapped as a silyl enol ether. In addition, the enol analog 9-desoxo-9,10-dehydro-Chl a can be prepared. Both the trapped enol and its 9-H analog are approximately 350 mV easier to oxidize than Chl a. The ESR spectrum of the cation radical consists of a single 6.1-G gaussian line that is line narrowed relative to that of Chl a(+) in a manner similar to P700(+). Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy resolves only a 3.5-MHz hyperfine splitting for the 3-methyl-group. The remaining splittings are all less than 3.5 MHz. The second moment of the ESR line of fully (13)C-enriched 9-desoxo-9,10-dehydro-Chl a(+) agrees with that of [(13)C]P700(+) to within 10%. Application of the special-pair model to the [(13)C]P700(+) second-moment data yields a 100% error. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations on ethyl chlorophyllide a enol cation bear out the ESR and ENDOR data. We conclude that a monomeric Chl a enol model provides a better description of the magnetic resonance parameters and oxidation potential of P700 than a Chl a special-pair model.
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- M R Wasielewski
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Wasielewski MR, Studier MH, Katz JJ. Covalently linked chlorophyll a dimer: A biomimetic model of special pair chlorophyll. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 73:4282-6. [PMID: 16592367 PMCID: PMC431433 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.12.4282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The synthesis of a covalent dimer of chlorophyll a which possesses properties strikingly similar to those exhibited by P700 special pair chlorophyll in vivo is described. The covalent dimer is characterized by several spectroscopic techniques. Hydrogen bonding nucleophiles, such as water, primary alcohols, and primary thiols, are effective in generating a species from solutions of 10 muM covalent dimer in hydrophobic solvents which absorbs light near 700 nm. Formation of this in vitro special pair is a rapid, spontaneous process at room temperature. The range of nucleophiles which promote this process suggests that amino acid residues may function in a similar fashion to form P700 in chlorophyll-protein complexes. The photochemical properties of this in vitro special pair mimic those of in vivo P700 species. The 697 nm absorption of the in vitro special pair undergoes photo-bleaching rapidly in the presence of iodine that results in the production of a cation radical which exhibits an electron spin resonance signal similar to that of oxidized P700 observed in Chlorella vulgaris.
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- M R Wasielewski
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Hindman JC, Kugel R, Wasielewski MR, Katz JJ. Coherent stimulated light emission (lasing) in covalently linked chlorophyll dimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 75:2076-9. [PMID: 16592524 PMCID: PMC392491 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.75.5.2076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The covalently linked chlorophyll a dimer exhibits remarkably different properties in the folded and open configurations. In the folded configuration the absorption maximum is at 695 nm and the fluorescence maximum is at 730 nm. Laser output at 733 and 735 nm is obtained for solutions in wet benzene and 0.1 M ethanol/toluene, respectively. Measurements of fluorescence lineshapes, made with a transverse excited atmospheric (TEA) nitrogen laser for excitation, show the lifetime shortening associated with stimulated emission resulting from appreciable concentrations of molecules in S(1) excited states. In contrast, the open dimer has absorption and fluorescence spectra essentially the same as those of chlorophyll a monomer. Unlike either the folded dimer or chlorophyll a monomer, the open dimer shows no laser emission or fluorescene lifetime shortening. It does not appear that the behavior of the open dimer can be explained in terms of excimer or triplet formation or by nonradiative decay processes. It is suggested that absorption of the exciting radiation by S(1), leading to the formation of an exciplex or charge transfer state, may be involved. Significantly, no large changes in fluorescence quantum yield or fluorescence lifetime are observed for these dimers as compared to monomer chlorophyll. This suggests that concentration quenching and lifetime shortening in condensed chlorophyll systems involve more than the simple proximity of two chlorophyll molecules.
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- J C Hindman
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Vura-Weis J, Abdelwahed SH, Shukla R, Rathore R, Ratner MA, Wasielewski MR. Crossover from Single-Step Tunneling to Multistep Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy Transfer. Science 2010; 328:1547-50. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1189354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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van der Est AJ, Fuechsle G, Stehlik D, Wasielewski MR. X-and K-band transient EPR of the light induced radical ion pairs in photosynthetic model systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.19961001227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Johnson SG, Small GJ, Johnson DG, Svec WA, Wasielewski MR. Temperature and solvent-polarity dependence of the absorption and fluorescence spectra of a fixed-distance symmetric chlorophyll dimer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100351a025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Walters KA, Ley KD, Cavalaheiro CS, Miller SE, Gosztola D, Wasielewski MR, Bussandri AP, van Willigen H, Schanze KS. Photophysics of pi-conjugated metal-organic oligomers: aryleneethynylenes that contain the (bpy)Re(CO)(3)Cl chromophore. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:8329-42. [PMID: 11516282 DOI: 10.1021/ja015813h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A comprehensive study of a series of four monodisperse, metal-organic pi-conjugated oligomers of varying length is reported. The oligomers are based on the aryleneethynylene architecture, and they contain a 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-diyl (bpy) metal binding unit. The photophysical properties of the free oligomers and their complexes with the (L)Re(I)(CO)(3)X chromophore (where L = the bpy-oligomer and X = Cl or NCCH(3)) were explored by a variety of methods including electrochemistry, UV-visible absorption, variable temperature photoluminescence (PL), transient absorption (TA), and time-resolved electron paramagnetic spectroscopy (TREPR). The absorption of the free oligomers and the metal complexes is dominated by the pi,pi* transitions of the pi-conjugated oligomers. The free oligomers feature a strong blue fluorescence that is quenched entirely in the (L)Re(I)(CO)(3)X complexes. The metal-oligomers feature a weak, relatively long-lived red photoluminescence that is assigned to emission from both the (3)pi,pi* manifold of the pi-conjugated system and the dpi Re --> pi* bpy-oligomer metal-to-ligand charge transfer ((3)MLCT) state. On the basis of a detailed analysis of the PL, TA, and TREPR results an excited-state model is developed which indicates that the oligomer-based (3)pi,pi* state and the (3)MLCT states are in close energetic proximity. Consequently the photophysical properties reflect a composite of the properties of the two excited-state manifolds.
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- K A Walters
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, PO Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA
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Davis WB, Ratner MA, Wasielewski MR. Conformational gating of long distance electron transfer through wire-like bridges in donor-bridge-acceptor molecules. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:7877-86. [PMID: 11493061 DOI: 10.1021/ja010330z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of five donor-bridge-acceptor (DBA) molecules in which the donor is tetracene, the acceptor is pyromellitimide, and the bridge molecules are oligo-p-phenylenevinylenes (OPV) of increasing length has been shown to undergo electron transfer (ET) by means of two mechanisms. When the bridge is short, strongly distance dependent superexchange dynamics dominates, whereas when the bridge is longer, bridge-assisted hopping dynamics prevails. The latter mechanism results in relatively soft distance dependence for ET in which the OPV oligomers act effectively as molecular wires. We now report studies on the critical influence that bridge dynamics have on electron transfer through these oligomers. The temperature dependence of the charge separation (CS) rates in all five molecules does not appear to obey the predictions of standard ET theories based upon the Condon approximation. All five molecules show behavior consistent with CS being "gated" by torsional motion between the tetracene donor and the first bridge phenyl ring. This is based on the near equivalence of the CS activation energies measured for all five molecules with the frequency of a known vibrational mode in 5-phenyltetracene. In the molecule containing a trans-stilbene bridge, a competition occurs between the tetracene-phenyl torsional motion and one that occurs between the vinyl group and the phenyls linked to it. This results in complex temperature-dependent CS that exhibits both activated and negatively activated regimes. The charge recombination (CR) reactions within the molecules which have the two shortest bridges, namely phenyl and trans-stilbene, show a weaker dependence on these molecular motions. The three molecules with the longest bridges all display complex temperature dependencies in both their rates of CS and CR, most likely because of the complex torsional motions, which arise from the multiple phenyl-vinyl linkages. The data show that long-distance electron transfer and therefore wire-like behavior within conjugated bridge molecules depend critically on these low-frequency torsional motions. Molecular device designs that utilize such bridges will need to address these issues.
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- W B Davis
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA
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Daub J, Engl R, Kurzawa J, Miller SE, Schneider S, Stockmann A, Wasielewski MR. Competition between Conformational Relaxation and Intramolecular Electron Transfer within Phenothiazine−Pyrene Dyads. J Phys Chem A 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0037293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Daub
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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Lukas AS, Bushard PJ, Wasielewski MR. Ultrafast molecular logic gate based on optical switching between two long-lived radical ion pair states. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:2440-1. [PMID: 11456900 DOI: 10.1021/ja0041122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A S Lukas
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA
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The dynamics of photoinduced charge separation and charge recombination processes in synthetic DNA hairpins have been investigated by means of femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The driving force and distance dependence of charge-transfer processes involving singlet acceptors and nucleobase donors are consistent with a single-step superexchange mechanism in which the electronic coupling between the donor and acceptor is strongly distance dependent. The dynamics of reversible hole transport between a primary guanine donor and nearby GG or GGG sequences has also been determined and establishes that these sequences are very shallow hole traps.
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- F D Lewis
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Our understanding of oxidative damage to double helical DNA and the design of DNA-based devices for molecular electronics is crucially dependent upon elucidation of the mechanism and dynamics of electron and hole transport in DNA. Electrons and holes can migrate from the locus of formation to trap sites, and such migration can occur through either a single-step "superexchange" mechanism or a multistep charge transport "hopping" mechanism. The rates of single-step charge separation and charge recombination processes are found to decrease rapidly with increasing transfer distances, whereas multistep hole transport processes are only weakly distance dependent. However, the dynamics of hole transport has not yet been directly determined. Here we report spectroscopic measurements of photoinduced electron transfer in synthetic DNA that yield rate constants of approximately 5 x 10(7) s(-1) and 5 x 10(6) s(-1), respectively, for the forward and return hole transport from a single guanine base to a double guanine base step across a single adenine. These rates are faster than processes leading to strand cleavage, such as the reaction of guanine cation radical with water, thus permitting holes to migrate over long distances in DNA. However, they are too slow to compete with charge recombination in contact ion pairs, a process which protects DNA from photochemical damage.
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- F D Lewis
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA.
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Chen LX, Lee PL, Gosztola D, Svec WA, Wasielewski MR. Time-resolved energy-dispersive XAS studies of photoinduced electron transfer intermediates in electron donor-acceptor complexes. J Synchrotron Radiat 1999; 6:403-405. [PMID: 15263323 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049598014861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/1998] [Accepted: 11/11/1998] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The distance dependence of photoinduced electron transfer in duplex DNA was determined for a family of synthetic DNA hairpins in which a stilbene dicarboxamide forms a bridge connecting two oligonucleotide arms. Investigation of the fluorescence and transient absorption spectra of these hairpins established that no photoinduced electron transfer occurs for a hairpin that has six deoxyadenosine-deoxythymidine base pairs. However, the introduction of a single deoxyguanosine-deoxycytidine base pair resulted in distance-dependent fluorescence quenching and the formation of the stilbene anion radical. Kinetic analysis suggests that duplex DNA is somewhat more effective than proteins as a medium for electron transfer but that it does not function as a molecular wire.
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- F D Lewis
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. IL 60439, USA.
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Laible PD, Greenfield SR, Wasielewski MR, Hansen DK, Pearlstein RM. Antenna excited state decay kinetics establish primary electron transfer in reaction centers as heterogeneous. Biochemistry 1997; 36:8677-85. [PMID: 9289013 DOI: 10.1021/bi970672a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The decay of the excited primary electron donor P* in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers (both membrane-bound and detergent-isolated) has been observed to be nonexponential on a time scale of some tens of picoseconds. Although the multipicosecond nonexponentiality of P* has been ascribed to heterogeneity in teh rate of primary electron transfer (PET), the decay kinetics can be interpreted equally well using homogeneous models. To address this ambiguity, we studied the decay of excited bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) in the membrane-bound core antenna/reaction center complexes of wild-type and mutant reaction center strains of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Reaction centers isolated from these same strains display a range of multiexponentiality in primary charge separation. The mutant strains carry substitutions of amino acids residing near the monomeric Bchl on the active and/or inactive sides of the reaction center. Transient absorption measurements monitoring the Qy bleach of antenna Bchls require at least two exponential components to fit all decays. The wild type was fitted with equal-amplitude components whose lifetimes are 24 and 65 ps. The shortest-lived component is relatively insensitive to mutation, in contrast to the longer-lived component(s) whose amplitude and magnitude were dramatically perturbed by amino acid substitutions. Unlike the situation with isolated reaction centers, here the only kinetic models consistent with the data are those in which the primary electron-transfer rate constant is heterogeneous, suggesting at least two structural populations of RCs. PET in the population with the shortest-lived antenna decay causes the kinetics to be transfer-to-trap-limited, whereas the kinetics in the other population(s)--having longer-lived antenna decays--are limited by the rate of PET. Observation of both types of kinetic limitation within a single light-harvesting system is unexpected and complicates any discussion of the rate-limiting step of light energy utilization in photosynthesis.
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- P D Laible
- Center for Mechanistic Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Frank HA, Cua A, Chynwat V, Young A, Gosztola D, Wasielewski MR. The lifetimes and energies of the first excited singlet states of diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin: the role of these molecules in excess energy dissipation in algae. Biochim Biophys Acta 1996; 1277:243-52. [PMID: 8982390 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(96)00106-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The lifetimes of the first excited singlet states (2(1)A(g)) of diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin, carotenoids involved in the xanthophyll cycle in some genera of algae, have been measured by femtosecond time-resolved optical spectroscopy to be 22.8 +/- 0.1 ps and 13.3 +/- 0.1 ps, respectively. Using the energy gap law for radiationless transitions set forth by Englman and Jortner (Mol. Phys. 18 (1970) 145-164), these lifetimes correspond to S1 excited state energies of 15210 cm-1 for diadinoxanthin and 14620 cm-1 for diatoxanthin. The lowest excited singlet state energy of Chl a has an energy of 14700 cm-1. The fact that the S1 state energy of diadinoxanthin lies above that of Chl a, whereas the S1 state energy of diatoxanthin lies below that of Chl a, suggests that the xanthophyll cycle involving the enzymatic interconversion of diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin may play a role in regulating energy flow between these molecules and Chl a in many species of algae, essentially fulfilling a role identical to that proposed for violaxanthin and zeaxanthin in higher plants and green algae (Frank et al. (1994) Photosyn. Res. 41, 389-395).
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- H A Frank
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3060, USA.
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Greenfield SR, Wasielewski MR. Excitation energy transfer and charge separation in the isolated Photosystem II reaction center. Photosynth Res 1996; 48:83-97. [PMID: 24271289 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/1996] [Accepted: 01/22/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The nature of excitation energy transfer and charge separation in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers is an area of considerable interest and controversy. Excitation energy transfer from accessory chlorophyll a to the primary electron donor P680 takes place in tens of picoseconds, although there is some evidence that thermal equilibration of the excitation between P680 and a subset of the accessory chlorophyll a occurs on a 100-fs timescale. The intrinsic rate for charge separation at low temperature is accepted to be ca. (2 ps)(-1), and is based on several measurements using different experimental techniques. This rate is in good agreement with estimates based on larger sized particles, and is similar to the rate observed with bacterial reaction centers. However, near room temperature there is considerable disagreement as to the observed rate for charge separation, with several experiments pointing to a ca. (3 ps)(-1) rate, and others to a ca. (20 ps)(-1) rate. These processes and the experiments used to measure them will be reviewed.
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- S R Greenfield
- Argonne National Laboratory, Chemistry Division, 60439-4831, Argonne, IL, USA
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Greenfield SR, Wasielewski MR. Near-transform-limited visible and near-IR femtosecond pulses from optical parametric amplification using Type II beta-barium borate. Opt Lett 1995; 20:1394-1396. [PMID: 19862026 DOI: 10.1364/ol.20.001394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Type II phase-matched beta-barium borate is used in the f irst stage of amplif ication of a white-light continuum in a two-stage optical parametric amplifier pumped by the second harmonic of a regeneratively amplified Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 824 nm. Near-transform-limited sub-190-fs pulses with microjoule energies are achieved in the signal branch, which is tunable from 475 nm to degeneracy. This system effectively bridges the wavelength gap between the fundamental and the second harmonic of amplified Ti:sapphire laser systems.
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Greenfield SR, Wasielewski MR. Optical parametric amplification of femtosecond pulses tunable from the blue to the infrared with microjoule energies. Appl Opt 1995; 34:2688-2691. [PMID: 21052413 DOI: 10.1364/ao.34.002688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A white-light continuum is used to seed a two-stage optical parametric amplifier pumped by the second harmonic of a regeneratively amplified Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 824 nm. Microjoule energies are achieved in the signal branch, which is tunable from 472 to 785 nm. Near-transform-limited sub-200-fs pulses are attainable over the vast majority of the tuning range.
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Photosynthetic conversion of light energy into chemical potential begins in reaction center protein complexes, where rapid charge separation occurs with nearly unit quantum efficiency. Primary charge separation was studied in isolated photosystem II reaction centers from spinach containing 6 chlorophyll a, 2 pheophytin a (Pheo), 1 cytochrome b559, and 2 beta-carotene molecules. Time-resolved pump-probe kinetic spectroscopy was carried out with 105-fs time resolution and with the pump laser polarized parallel, perpendicular, and at the magic angle (54.7 degrees) relative to the polarized probe beam. The time evolution of the transient absorption changes due to the formation of the oxidized primary electron donor P680+ and the reduced primary electron acceptor Pheo- were measured at 820 nm and 545 nm, respectively. In addition, kinetics were obtained at 680 nm, the wavelength ascribed to the Qy transition of the primary electron donor P680 in the reaction center. At each measured probe wavelength the kinetics of the transient absorption changes can be fit to two major kinetic components. The relative amplitudes of these components are strongly dependent on the polarization of the pump beam relative to that of the probe. At the magic angle, where no photoselection occurs, the amplitude of the 3-ps component, which is indicative of the charge separation, dominates. When the primary electron acceptor Pheo is reduced prior to P680 excitation, the 3-ps component is eliminated.
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Frank HA, Cua A, Chynwat V, Young A, Gosztola D, Wasielewski MR. Photophysics of the carotenoids associated with the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthesis. Photosynth Res 1994; 41:389-395. [PMID: 24310153 DOI: 10.1007/bf02183041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/1994] [Accepted: 05/03/1994] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Green plants use the xanthophyll cycle to regulate the flow of energy to chlorophylla within photosynthetic proteins. Under conditions of low light intensity violaxanthin, a carotenoid possessing nine conjugated double bonds, functions as an antenna pigment by transferring energy from its lowest excited singlet state to that of chlorophylla within light-harvesting proteins. When the light intensity increases, violaxanthin is biochemically transformed into zeaxanthin, a carotenoid that possesses eleven conjugated double bonds. The results presented here show that extension of the [Symbol: see text] conjugation of the polyene lowers the energy of the lowest excited singlet state of the carotenoid below that of chlorophylla. As a consequence zeaxanthin can act as a trap for the excess excitation energy on chlorophylla pigments within the protein, thus regulating the flow of energy within photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins.
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- H A Frank
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 06269-3060, Storrs, CT, USA
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O'neil MP, Niemczyk MP, Svec WA, Gosztola D, Gaines GL, Wasielewski MR. Picosecond Optical Switching Based on Biphotonic Excitation of an Electron Donor-Acceptor-Donor Molecule. Science 1992; 257:63-5. [PMID: 17800711 DOI: 10.1126/science.257.5066.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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An electron donor-acceptor-donor molecule consisting of two porphyrin donors rigidly attached to the two-electron acceptor N,N'-diphenyl-3,4,9,10-perylenebis(dicarboximide) acts as a light intensity-dependent molecular switch on a picosecond time scale. Excitation of the porphyrins within this molecule with subpicosecond laser pulses results in single or double reduction of the acceptor depending on the light intensity. The singly and doubly reduced electron acceptors absorb light strongly at 713 and 546 nanometers, respectively. Because these absorption changes are produced solely by electron transfers, this molecular switch effectively has no moving parts and switches significantly faster than photochromic molecules that must undergo changes in molecular structure.
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Kellogg EC, Kolaczkowski S, Wasielewski MR, Tiede DM. Measurement of the extent of electron transfer to the bacteriopheophytin in the M-subunit in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Photosynth Res 1989; 22:47-59. [PMID: 24424678 DOI: 10.1007/bf00114766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/1989] [Accepted: 05/19/1989] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We have measured the extent of flash-induced electron transfer from the bacteriochlorophyll dimer, P, to the bacteriopheophytin in the M-subunit, HM, in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. This has been done by measuring the transient states produced by excitation of reaction centers trapped in the PHL (-)HM state at 90 K. Under these conditions the normal forward electron transfer to the bacteriopheophytin in the L-subunit, HL, is blocked and the yield of transient P(+)HM (-) can be estimated with respect to the lifetime of P(*). Under these conditions flash induced absorbance decreases of the bacteriochlorophyll dimer 990 nm band suggest that a transient P(+) state is formed with a quantum yield of 0.09±0.06 compared to that formed during normal photochemistry. These transient measurements provide an upper limited on the yield of a transient P(+) HM (-) state. An estimate of 0.09 as the yield of the P(+) HM (-) state is consistent with all current observations. This estimate and the lifetime of P(*) suggest that the electron transfer rate from P(*) to HM, kM, is about 5 × 10(9) sec(-1) (τM = 200ps). These measurements suggest that the a branching ratio kL/kM is on the order of 200. The large value of the branching ratio is remarkable in view of the structural symmetry of the reaction center. This measurement should be useful for electron transfer calculations based upon the reaction center structure.
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- E C Kellogg
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, U.S.A
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Wasielewski MR, Johnson DG, Preston C, Seibert M. Determination of the primary charge separation rate in Photosystem II reaction centers at 15 K. Photosynth Res 1989; 22:89-99. [PMID: 24424681 DOI: 10.1007/bf00114769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/1989] [Accepted: 04/26/1989] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We have measured the rate constant for the formation of the oxidized chlorophyll a electron donor (P680(+)) and the reduced electron acceptor pheophytin a (-) (Pheo a (-)) following excitation of isolated Photosystem II reaction centers (PS II RC) at 15 K. This PS II RC complex consists of D1, D2, and cytochrome b-559 proteins and was prepared by a procedure which stabilizes the protein complex. Transient absorption difference spectra were measured from 450-840 nm as a function of time with 500fs resolution following 610 nm laser excitation. The formation of P680(+)-Pheo a (-) is indicated by the appearance of a band due to P680(+) at 820 nm and corresponding absorbance changes at 490, 515 and 546 nm due to the formation of Pheo a (-). The appearance of the 490 nm and 820 nm bands is monoexponenital with τ=1.4±0.2 ps. Treatment of the PS II RC with sodium dithionite and methyl viologen followed by exposure to laser excitation results in accumulation of Pheo a (-). Laser excitation of these prereduced RCs at 15 K results in formation of a transient absorption spectrum assigned to (1*)P680. We observe wavelength-dependent kinetics for the recovery of the transient bleach of the Qy absorption bands of the pigments in both untreated and pre-reduced PS II RCs at 15K. This result is attributed to an energy transfer process within the PS II RC at low temperature that is not connected with charge separation.
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- M R Wasielewski
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, U.S.A
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Wasielewski MR, Fenton JM. The rate of formation of P700(+)-A 0 (-) in photosystem I particles from spinach as measured by picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Photosynth Res 1987; 12:181-189. [PMID: 24435640 DOI: 10.1007/bf00047947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/1986] [Accepted: 12/18/1986] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Photosystem I particles containing 30-40 chlorophyll a molecules per primary electron donor P700 were subjected to 1.5 ps low density laser flashes at 610 nm resulting in excitation of the antenna chlorophyll a molecules followed by energy transfer to P700 and subsequent oxidation of P700. Absorbance changes were monitored as a function of time with 1.5 ps time resolution. P700 bleaching (decrease in absorbance) occurred within the time resolution of the experiment. This is attributed to the formation of (1)P700.(*) This observation was confirmed by monitoring the rise of a broad absorption band near 810 nm due to chlorophyll a excited singlet state formation. The appearance of the initial bleach at 700 nm was followed by a strong bleaching at 690 nm. The time constant for the appearance of the 690 nm bleach is 13.7±0.8 ps. In the near-infrared region of the spectrum, the 810 nm band (which formed upon the excitation of the photosystem I particles) diminished to about 60% of its original intensity with the same 13.7 ps time constant as the formation of the 690 nm band. The spectral changes are interpreted as due to the formation of the charge separated state P700(+)-A0 (-), where A0 is the primary electron acceptor chlorophyll a molecule.
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- M R Wasielewski
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, USA
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Yuen MJ, Closs GL, Katz JJ, Roper JA, Wasielewski MR, Hindman JC. Photophysical properties of zinc and magnesium tris(pyrochlorophyllide a) 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane triesters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980; 77:5598-601. [PMID: 16592883 PMCID: PMC350113 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.10.5598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The zinc and magnesium tris(pyrochlorophyllide a) 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane triesters have properties that are very similar to those exhibited by pairs of pyrochlorophyll a or chlorophyll a linked by ethylene glycol through their propionic acid side chains. In the open configuration, the fluorescence lifetimes and emission spectra of the triesters resemble those of chlorophyll a monomers. However, the triesters have a mechanism for energy dissipation not present in monomeric chlorophyll a, which prevents the build-up of significant concentrations of molecules in S(1) states. Optical pumping of these compounds in their folded configuration results in the formation of high concentrations of molecules in S(1) states and in laser light emission, which originates from the two folded macrocycles. The optical data indicate that efficient energy transfer occurs from the open to the folded configurations.
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- M J Yuen
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Katz JJ, Norris JR, Shipman LL, Thurnauer MC, Wasielewski MR. Chlorophyll function in the photosynthetic reaction center. Annu Rev Biophys Bioeng 1978; 7:393-434. [PMID: 208458 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bb.07.060178.002141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Wasielewski MR, Smith UH, Cope BT, Katz JJ. A synthetic biomimetic model of special pair bacteriochlorophyll a. J Am Chem Soc 1977; 99:4173-72. [PMID: 864111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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