Ultrafast energy transfer in chlorosomes from the green photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

J Phys Chem. 1996 Feb 29;100(9):3320-2. doi: 10.1021/jp953734k.

Abstract

Energy transfers between the bacteriochlorophyll c and a antennae in light-harvesting chlorosomes from the green bacterium Chloroflexes aurantiacus have been studied in two-color pump-probe experiments with improved sensitivity and wavelength versatility. The BChl c --> BChl a energy transfers are well simulated with biexponential kinetics, with lifetimes of 2-3 and 11 ps. They do not exhibit an appreciable subpicosecond component. In the context of a kinetic model for chlorosomes, these lifetimes suggest that both internal BChl c processes and the BChl c --> BChl a energy-transfer step contribute materially to the empirical rod-to-baseplate energy-transfer kinetics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Bacteriochlorophylls / metabolism*
  • Chlorobi / metabolism*
  • Chlorobi / physiology
  • Chlorobi / ultrastructure
  • Energy Transfer*
  • Kinetics
  • Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
  • Organelles / metabolism*
  • Organelles / physiology
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
  • Spectrum Analysis

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacteriochlorophylls
  • Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
  • bacteriochlorophyll c