Energy Transfer and Trapping in Photosystem II Core Particles with Closed Reaction Centers

Authors

Johannes Schelvis, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Marta Germano, Leiden University
Thijs J. Aartsma, Leiden UniversityFollow
Hans J. van Gorkom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-30-1995

Journal / Book Title

Biochemica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Abstract

Picosecond absorbance changes in the Qy absorption region were measured on Photosystem II core particles with closed reaction centers by the one-color pump-probe method. The induced absorption changes are well described by three components with lifetimes of 21 ± 6 ps, 80 to 200 ps and 1.5 ns, in addition to a non-decaying component. The 1.5 ns lifetime component is assigned to recombination of the primary radical pair in equilibrium with the excited state. Since the lifetime of the intermediate component depends on the excitation wavelength and its spectrum differs from that of the 21 ps component, a rapid equilibration of the excitations over the whole antenna is excluded. The 21 ps and the intermediate component are discussed in terms of energy transfer and trapping processes.

Comments

This article is Open Access under an Elsevier User License.

DOI

10.1016/0005-2728(95)00048-N

Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation

Schelvis, Johannes; Germano, Marta; Aartsma, Thijs J.; and van Gorkom, Hans J., "Energy Transfer and Trapping in Photosystem II Core Particles with Closed Reaction Centers" (1995). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 229.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/229