Abstract
The Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO)-protein and the FMO-reaction center (RC) core complex from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum were examined at 6 K by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The absorption spectrum of the RC core complex was obtained by a subtraction method and found to have fiye peaks in the QY region, at 797, 808, 818, 834 and 837 nm. The efficiency of energy transfer from carotenoid to bacteriochlorophyll a in the RC core complex was 23% at 6 K, and from the FMO-protein to the core it was 35%. Energy transfer from the FMO-protein to the core complex was also measured in isolated membranes of Prosthecochloris aestuarii from the action spectra of charge separation. Again, a low efficiency of energy transfer was obtained, both at 6 K and at room temperature.
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Abbreviations
- BChl-:
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bacteriochlorophyll
- P840-:
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primary electron donor
- RC-:
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reaction center
- FMO-protein-:
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Fenna-Matthews-Olson-protein
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Francke, C., Otte, S.C.M., Miller, M. et al. Energy transfer from carotenoid and FMO-protein in subcellular preparations from green sulfur bacteria. Spectroscopic characterization of an FMO-reaction center core complex at low temperature. Photosynth Res 50, 71–77 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018222
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