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Excitation energy transfer between β-carotene and chlorophyll-a in various systems

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The excitation energy transfer from β-carotene to chlorophyll-a in several seminatural systems such as liposomes, lipid layers and PSI complex has been studied at room and liquid nitrogen temperature. Only in a case of PSI complex an efficient energy transfer (about 30%) from β-carotene to chlorophyll-a has been observed. The results of energy transfer were discussed on the ground of Dexter's mechanism by taking into account the recently discovered energy level (1Ag) of β-carotene.

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Abbreviations

chl-a:

chlorophyll-a

β-car:

β-carotene

RDA :

mean donor-acceptor distance

PSI:

photosystem I

λexe :

excitation wavelength

λe :

emission wavelength

d:

optical pathlength

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  1. Institute of Physics, Poznań Technical University, Piotrowo 3, 60-965, Poznań, Poland

    G. E. Białek-Bylka & D. Frhckowiak

  2. Institute of Photosynthesis, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region

    A. Ya. Shkuropatov & S. I. Kadoshnikov

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Białek-Bylka, G.E., Shkuropatov, A.Y., Kadoshnikov, S.I. et al. Excitation energy transfer between β-carotene and chlorophyll-a in various systems. Photosynth Res 3, 241–254 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00032260

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