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Cogdell, Richard J. ; Gall, Andrew ; Köhler, Jürgen:
The architecture and function of the light-harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria: from single molecules to in vivo membranes.
In: Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics.
Vol. 39
(2006)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 227-324.
ISSN 1469-8994
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033583506004434
Abstract in another language
This review describes the structures of the two major integral membrane pigment complexes, the RC-LH1 'core' and LH2 complexes, which together make up the light-harvesting system present in typical purple photosynthetic bacteria. The antenna complexes serve to absorb incident solar radiation and to transfer it to the reaction centres, where it is used to 'power' the photosynthetic redox reaction and ultimately leads to the synthesis of ATP. Our current understanding of the biosynthesis and assembly of the LH and RC complexes is described, with special emphasis on the roles of the newly described bacteriophytochromes. Using both the structural information and that obtained from a wide variety of biophysical techniques, the details of each of the different energy-transfer reactions that occur, between the absorption of a photon and the charge separation in the RC, are described. Special emphasis is given to show how the use of single-molecule spectroscopy has provided a more detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the energy-transfer processes. We have tried, with the help of an Appendix, to make the details of the quantum mechanics that are required to appreciate these molecular mechanisms, accessible to mathematically illiterate biologists. The elegance of the purple bacterial light-harvesting system lies in the way in which it has cleverly exploited quantum mechanics.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | review |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics IX - Spectroscopy of Soft Matter > Chair Experimental Physics IX - Spectroscopy of Soft Matter - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Köhler Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics IX - Spectroscopy of Soft Matter |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2018 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2018 12:30 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/43284 |