TY - JOUR
T1 - Photosensitization of triplet carotenoid in photosynthetic light-harvesting complex of photosystem II
AU - Nechushtai, R.
AU - Thornber, J. P.
AU - Patterson, L. K.
AU - Fessenden, R. W.
AU - Levanon, H.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - A laser photolysis study, on the nanosecond time scale, has been carried out on the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex of photosystem II (LHC IIβ). The transient triplet absorption of the isolated LHC IIβ has been compared to those of its constituent chromophores in dilute micellar aqueous solutions, namely, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll a + chlorophyll b, and chlorophyll a + β-carotene. The results indicate that the carotenoid in the LHC IIβ is photosensitized by triplet chlorophyll a and that the decay of the transient triplet absorption exhibits two transients, one in the ∼50-ns range and the other in the ∼10-μs time scales. The former transient is light-intensity dependent and is attributed to an annihilation process between two triplets of chlorophyll a, while the latter is due to the decay of the triplet carotenoid to its ground state.
AB - A laser photolysis study, on the nanosecond time scale, has been carried out on the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex of photosystem II (LHC IIβ). The transient triplet absorption of the isolated LHC IIβ has been compared to those of its constituent chromophores in dilute micellar aqueous solutions, namely, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll a + chlorophyll b, and chlorophyll a + β-carotene. The results indicate that the carotenoid in the LHC IIβ is photosensitized by triplet chlorophyll a and that the decay of the transient triplet absorption exhibits two transients, one in the ∼50-ns range and the other in the ∼10-μs time scales. The former transient is light-intensity dependent and is attributed to an annihilation process between two triplets of chlorophyll a, while the latter is due to the decay of the triplet carotenoid to its ground state.
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U2 - 10.1021/j100316a033
DO - 10.1021/j100316a033
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AN - SCOPUS:0000279085
SN - 0022-3654
VL - 92
SP - 1165
EP - 1168
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry
IS - 5
ER -