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Properties of a pigment system consisting of carotenoids and reaction centre pigments in chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum

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A pigment system containing carotenoids and oxidised reaction centre pigments is present in chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum and this pigment system may cause fluorescence quenching when a still unidentified chromatophore component is in its oxidised state. Besides by its action spectrum, this pigment system is characterised by the time course and level of light saturation of the effect. The quenching of bacteriochlorophyll fluorescence is abolished when the permeability of the chromatophore membranes is affected. The quenching effect is correlated with a reversible absorption decrease of B 880. A possible function for this pigment system is discussed.

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Goedheer, J.C. Properties of a pigment system consisting of carotenoids and reaction centre pigments in chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Photosynth Res 5, 77–87 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018376

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