Abstract
Mechanistic aspects of some of the early electron transfer steps occurring in photosynthetic reaction centers are discussed. Starting from the normal modes of the redox cofactors involved in the electron transfer processes, we show how a series of quantities which regulate electron transfer rates, such as (i) the electron transfer active modes, (ii) the intramolecular reorganization energy, and (iii) the mutual couplings between the vibronic states of the donor and the acceptor, can be obtained and used to draw qualitative conclusions on ET rates.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Deisenhofer J, Michel H (1989). EMBO J 8:2149
Deisenhofer J, Epp O, Sinning I, Michel H (1995). J Mol Biol 246:429
Feher G, Allen JP, Yeats TO, Chirino A, Rees DC, Komiya H (1988). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:7993
Feher G, Allen JP, Yeats TO, Chirino A, Rees DC, Komiya H (1988). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:8487
Stowell MHB, McPhillips T, Rees DC, Soltis SM, Abresch E, Feher G (1997). Science 276:812–816 PDB ID: 1AIG
Mitchell P (1961). Nature (Lond). 191:144–148
Wang HY, Lin S, Woodbury NW (2006). J Phys Chem B 110:6956
Yakovlev AG, Jones MR, Pottern JA, Fyfe PK, Vasilieva LG, Shkuropatov AY, Shuvalov VA (2005). Chem Phys 319: 297–307
Holzwarth AR, Muller MG (1996). Biophys J 35:11820
Ziolek M, Pawlowicz N, Naskrecki R AD (2005). J Phys Chem B 109:18171–18176
Gust D, Moore TA, Moore AL (1993). Acc Chem Res 26:1988
Gratzel M (1981). Acc Chem Res 14:376
Ballardini R, Balzani V, Credi A, Gandolfi MT, Venturi M (2001). Acc Chem Res 34:445
Gust D, Moore TA, Moore AL (2001). Acc Chem Res 34: 40–48
Kodis G, Terazono Y, Liddell P, Andreasson J, Garg V, Hamburger M, Moore TA, Moore AL, Gust D (2006). J Am Chem Soc 128:1818–1827
Kestner NR, Logan J, Jortner J (1974). J PhysChem 78:2148–2166
Sumi H, Marcus RA (1986). J Chem Phys 84:4894–4914
Borrelli R, Di Donato M, Peluso A (2005). Biophys J 89: 830–841
Markel F, Ferris N, Gould I, Myers A (1992). J Am Chem Soc 114:6208–6219
Fischer SF, Van Duyne RP (1977). Chem Phys 26:9–16
Hopfield JJ (1974). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 71:3640–3644
Duschinsky F (1937). Acta Phisicochim URSS 7:551–566
Sharp TE, Rosenstock KM (1964). J Chem Phys 41:3453–3463
Houghen JT, Watson JKG (1965). Can J Phys 43:298
Peluso A, Santoro F, Del Re G (1997). Int J Quant Chem 63:233–244
Doktorov EV, Malkin IA, Manko VI (1975). J Mol Spec 56: 1–20
Borrelli R, Peluso A, “MolFC: A program for Franck-Condon integrals calculation”, 2004 Package available free of charge via Internet at http://pcdual.chem.unisa.it
Woodbury NWT, Becker N, Middendorf D, Parson WW (1985). Biochemistry 24:7516–7521
Kirmaier C, Holten D, Parson WW (1985). Biochim Biophys Acta 810:33–48
Gunner MR, Robertson DE, Dutton PL (1986). J Phys Chem 90:3783–3795
Gunner MR, Dutton LP (1989). J Am Chem Soc 111:3400–3412
McElroy JD, Mauzerall DC, Feher G (1974). Biochim Biophys Acta 333:261–278
Schenck CC, Parson WW, Holten D, Windsor MW, Sarai A (1981). Biophys J 36:479–489
Woodbury WT, Parson WW (1984). Biochim Biophys Acta 767:345–361
Franzen S, Boxer SG (1993). J Phys Chem 97:6304–6318
McPherson PH, Nagarajan V, Parson WW, Okamura MY, Feher G (1990). Biochim Biophys Acta 1019:91–94
Correa A, Di Donato M, Peluso A (2003). Chem Phys Lett 369:549
Breton J, Nabedryk E (1998). Photosynth Res 55:301–307
Brzezinsky B, Zundel G (1996). Faraday Discuss. 103:363
Zundel G (1992). Trends Phys Chem 3:129
Hung S, McPherson AN, Lin S, Liddell PA, Seely GR, Moore TA, Gust D (1995). J Am Chem Soc 117:1657–1658
Peluso A, Brahimi K, Carotenuto M, Del Re G (1998). J Phys Chem 102:10333
Del Re G, Brahimi M, Peluso A (1999). Chem Phys Lett 299:511
Peluso A, Di Donato M, Saracino GAA (2000). J Chem Phys 113:3212–3218
Okamura MY, Feher G (1992). Annu Rev Biochem 61:861
Kleinfeld D, Okamura MY, Feher G (1984). Biochemistry 23:5780–5786
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Borrelli, R., Di Donato, M. & Peluso, A. Electron transfer rates and Franck–Condon factors: an application to the early electron transfer steps in photosynthetic reaction centers. Theor Chem Account 117, 957–967 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-006-0215-0
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-006-0215-0