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Application of the standard theory of electronic transitions to the description of oscillations in the kinetics of electron transfer in reaction centers of purple bacteria

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The standard theory of electron transfer between donor and acceptor molecules was used to describe oscillations in the reduction kinetics of the intermediate electron acceptor BA and the primary electron acceptor HA. The kinetics of BA and HA reduction were simulated on the basis of the model with one and two accepting modes. A crucial experiment is offered for choosing the version of theory that would adequately describe oscillations in the kinetics of electron transfer in the reaction centers of purple bacteria.

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Abbreviations

AM:

accepting mode

BChl:

bacteriochlorophyll

ET:

electron transfer

QMO:

quantum mechanical oscillations

RC:

reaction center

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  1. Physical Faculty, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    D. S. Shchepetov

  2. Lebedev Institute of Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    D. S. Chernavsky

  3. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    V. V. Gorokhov, V. Z. Paschenko & A. B. Rubin

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Original Russian Text © D.S. Shchepetov, D.S. Chernavsky, V.V. Gorokhov, V.Z. Paschenko, A.B. Rubin, 2009, published in Biofizika, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1026–1036.

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Shchepetov, D.S., Chernavsky, D.S., Gorokhov, V.V. et al. Application of the standard theory of electronic transitions to the description of oscillations in the kinetics of electron transfer in reaction centers of purple bacteria. BIOPHYSICS 54, 691–698 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350909060062

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