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Modeling of various optical spectra in the presence of slow excitation energy transfer in dimers and trimers with weak interpigment coupling: FMO as an example.

Author(s): Herascu N, Kell A, Acharya K, Jankowiak R, Blankenship RE, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2014 Feb 27;118(8):2032-40 Authors: Herascu N, Kell A, Acharya K, Jankowiak R, Blankenship RE, Zazubovich V

Article GUID: 24506338
On the Controversial Nature of the 825 nm Exciton Band in the FMO Protein Complex.

Author(s): Kell A, Acharya K, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

J Phys Chem Lett. 2014 Apr 17;5(8):1450-6 Authors: Kell A, Acharya K, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

Article GUID: 26269993
On the Conflicting Estimations of Pigment Site Energies in Photosynthetic Complexes: A Case Study of the CP47 Complex.

Author(s): Reinot T, Chen J, Kell A, Jassas M, Robben KC, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

Anal Chem Insights. 2016;11:35-48 Authors: Reinot T, Chen J, Kell A, Jassas M, Robben KC, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

Article GUID: 27279733
Title:Modeling of various optical spectra in the presence of slow excitation energy transfer in dimers and trimers with weak interpigment coupling: FMO as an example.
Authors:Herascu N,  Kell A,  Acharya K,  Jankowiak R,  Blankenship RE,  Zazubovich V
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24506338?dopt=Abstract
Category:J Phys Chem B
PMID:24506338
Dept Affiliation: PHYSICS
1 Department of Physics, Concordia University , Montreal, H4B 1R6 Quebec, Canada.

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Modeling of various optical spectra in the presence of slow excitation energy transfer in dimers and trimers with weak interpigment coupling: FMO as an example.

J Phys Chem B. 2014 Feb 27;118(8):2032-40

Authors: Herascu N, Kell A, Acharya K, Jankowiak R, Blankenship RE, Zazubovich V

Abstract

We present an improved simulation methodology to describe nonphotochemical hole-burned (NPHB) spectra. The model, which includes both frequency-dependent excitation energy transfer (EET) rate distributions and burning following EET, provides reasonable fits of various optical spectra including resonant and nonresonant holes in the case of FMO complex. A qualitative description of the NPHB process in light of a very complex protein energy landscape is briefly discussed. As an example, we show that both resonant and nonresonant HB spectra obtained for the 825 nm band of the trimeric FMO of C. tepidum are consistent with the presence of a relatively slow EET between the lowest energy states of the monomers of the trimer (mostly localized on BChl a 3), with a weak (~1 cm(-1)) coupling between these states revealed via calculated emission spectra. We argue that the nature of the so-called 825 nm absorption band of the FMO trimer, contrary to the presently accepted consensus, cannot be explained by a single transition.

PMID: 24506338 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]