ENERGY TRANSFER BETWEEN THE PRIMARY DONOR BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL AND CAROTENOIDS IN Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides

Abstract— The temperature dependencies of the primary donor triplet state spectra are presented for the phorosynthetic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides wild type. GIC and R26. The data suggest that energy transfer from the primary donor triplet state to the reaction center carotenoid is dependent on the type of carotenoid present, reversible in the case of strain GIC, and best understood by a model depicting the kinetic processes that can occur between two potential energy surfaces; one representing the state ³BChl₂*Car and the other representing BChl₂³Car*. Furthermore, it is shown that the onset of spin lattice relaxation in the primary donor triplet is most likely coupled to the same energy vibrational mode as that which promotes triplet state energy transfer from the primary donor to the reaction center carotenoid     

THE MECHANISM OF SINGLET-SINGLET EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER FROM CAROTENOIDS TO CHLOROPHYLL

Abstract— It is proposed that the light-harvesting function of carotenoids in photosynthesis requires electron exchange between the energy donor (carotenoids) and the acceptor (antenna Chi molecules); this supports an earlier suggestion by Goedheer (1972) that there exists a close spatial relationship between these pigments in vivo.     

ABSORPTION CHANGES IN THE REACTION CENTER OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA AND n-ELECTRON CALCULATIONS ON BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL, ITS MONO CATION AND ANION

Abstract— π-Electron calculations of the MO-SCF-CI type in the PPP approximations are carried out for the tetra pyrrole ring of the bacteriochlorophyll molecule, its mono cation and anion.
According to the calculations the formation of the positive ion will be accompanied by the disappearance of the longest wavelength absorption band of the neutral system and the appearance of a new band near 1200 nm. Absorption changes of the same kind are found in the reaction center of photosynthetic bacteria upon illumination, supporting the hypothesis that the primary reaction is an expulsion of an electron from the π-electron system of the reaction center bacteriochlorophyll.     

TRANSFER OF ENERGY FROM REACTION CENTER TO LIGHT HARVESTING CHLOROPHYLL IN A PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM*

Abstract— Previous evidence indicates that energy transfer in photosynthetic bacteria can occur from reaction center to light harvesting chlorophyll (the reverse of the usually considered flow) and that the amount of this flow depends on the strain of bacteria. The present report demonstrates that the action spectrum for fluorescence of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides, strain R26, is changed by adding the strong reductant dithionite. This change indicates that the amount of reverse flow can be altered chemically. The amount of reverse flow inferred from these measurements is consistent with the amount predicted from the absorption and fluorescence spectra of chromatophores and isolated reaction centers, and from the relative fluorescence yields of these two. The measurements permit an estimate of the transfer rates describing the energy flow from light harvesting to reaction center chlorophyll as well as the reverse flow. The spectrum for delayed fluorescence of Rps. spheroides, strain Ga, was found to be similar to that of the variable part of the fluorescence. This is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition that the energy for delayed fluorescence originates in the reaction centers.     

ON THE ROLE OF FORBIDDEN LOW-LYING EXCITED STATES OF LIGHT-HARVESTING CAROTENOIDS IN ENERGY TRANSFER IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS*

Abstract—It is proposed that the low-lying. electric-dipole forbidden A_g excited electronic state recently discovered in β-carotene acts as the energy donor in Förster-type excitation transfer to antenna Chl molecules folbwing β-carotene's light-harvesting function in photosynthesis. The mechanism and conclusion should apply as well to all carotenoid accessory pigments.     

ON THE TRIPLET-TRIPLET ENERGY TRANSFER FROM CHLOROPHYLL TO CAROTENE IN TRITON X 100 MICELLES

Abstract— The kinetics of the triplet-triplet energy transfer of chlorophyll α (Cha) to β carotene (Car) has been investigated in Triton X100 micelles by 353 nm laser flash photolysis. This transfer consists of an intramicellar process involving pigment species located in the same micelle. A kinetic model using a bimolecular treatment leads to a rate constant of the energy transfer in the micellar phase ( k _tm≅ 6 × 10⁸ M ^-1 s^-1) lower than the previously determined values in homogeneous solvents ( k _t≅ 4.6 ≅ 10⁹ M ^-ls^-l); this result shows the high microviscosity of the micellar core. In addition, the apparent bimolecular rate constant ( k _t≅ 5.0 ≅ 10¹⁰ M ^-l s^-1) appears to be an order of magnitude higher than in homogeneous solvents. The lifetime of the carotene triplet state is the same in the hydrophobic core of Triton X100 micelles (τ a = 7.7 μs) as in organic solvents (hexane or carbon disulfide). The transfer yield is controlled by the distribution of chlorophyll and carotene molecules in the micelles.     

染料和聚电解质间的相互作用——在染料-磺化聚苯乙烯络合物中的能量转移和染料荧光强度的增强

本工作对磺化聚苯乙烯-吖啶橙体系的光物理行为进行了研究。发现吖啶橙的荧光强度强烈地依赖于所用染料和聚电解质的当量比(P/D)。在P/D=100时观察到有最大的荧光强度。经过校正,此值和Fox等研究苯乙烯和乙烯基共聚物的能量转移中所得结果基本一致。这表明在高分子电解质-染料络合物中能发生有效的能量转移。 本工作还研究了亚甲蓝对吖啶橙荧光的猝灭效应。观察到当体系中加入聚电解质时猝灭效应得以增强。     

POLARIZATION OF FLUORESCENCE FROM BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL IN CASTOR OIL, IN CHROMATOPHORES AND AS P870 IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTERS

Abstract— The polarization of fluorescence from isolated photosynthetic reaction centers and from light harvesting chlorophyll in photosynthetic units was measured over a wide range of exciting wavelengths. In addition, the fluorescence polarization of bacteriochlorophyll was measured. The simplest interpretation of the data is that in the bacterial reaction center, the three chlorophyll molecules closely associated with photochemical oxidation do not have their transition moments parallel to one another. Highly polarized fluorescence was also observed from the intact photosynthetic unit.     

DELAYED-LIGHT STUDIES ON PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENERGY CONVERSION-IV. EFFECT OF TRIS POISONING, AND OF ITS REVERSAL BY HYDROGEN DONORS, ON THE MILLISECOND EMISSION FROM CHLOROPLASTS*

Abstract— Destruction of the oxygen-evolving activity of chloroplasts by treatment with 0.8 M Tris-HC1 results in an extremely rapid dark decay of millisecond delayed light. Addition of electron acceptors such K₃Fe(CN)₆ or NADP⁺ does not change the decay characteristics of this msec delayed light. Artificial electron donors such as DPC partially restore the msec delayed emission to the slowly decaying situation which is found in control chloroplasts. Addition of electron acceptors to this photochemically competent system results in more rapid decay and in an increase of emission at 1 msec, as in control chloroplasts. We suggest on the basis of the delayed light data that Tris treatment induces a rapid side reaction which uselessly dissipates the oxidizing and reducing power which is stored by Photoreaction II. Artificial electron donors allow the Tris-poisoned photoreaction to store energy long enough for utilization of the energy by normal photosynthetic reactions, as shown by the flattening of the delayed light curves. In the restored system the normal reactions of electron transport are thus able to compete with the Tris-induced side reaction. This interpretation is supported by the finding that the restored system requires higher exciting intensities for saturation of NADP⁺ reduction than the control system.     

ON THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATION AND TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC ENERGY IN BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS

Abstract— Generation of electronically excited species is a distinct possibility in biological systems; the most likely ones at present appear to be flavins, metalloporphyrins, oxygen and certain conjugated carbonyl compounds. Thyroxine should be very active in certain cases of electronic energy transfer.     

ENERGY TRANSFER AMONG THE CHROMOPHORES OF C-PHYCOCYANIN FROM Anabaena variabilis USING STEADY STATE AND TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract We have investigated the model of energy transfer between sensitizing (s) and fluorescing (f) chromophores for the αβ monomer and for the separated α and β subunits of C-phycocyanin from Anabaena variabilis using fluorescence emission spectroscopy, fluorescence excitation polarization, and picosecond-resolved fluorescence decay kinetics. The fluorescence emission maximum occurs at 640 nm for all samples. The fluorescence excitation polarization is constant ( P = 0.40) across the absorption hand for the α subunit, but it increases across the absorption band towards longer wavelength for the β subunit and the αβ monomer. The fluorescence decay kinetics exhibit two exponential lifetimes of 1.3-1.5 ns and 340-500 ps for the αβ monomer and for the α and β subunit preparations.
We attribute the change in polarization across the absorption band to energy transfer among the three chromophores in the αβ monomer and among the two chromophores in the separated β subunit. The constant, relatively high polarization in the separated a subunit, having only one chromophore, is consistent with the absence of both energy transfer and chromophore rotation. The concentration of the α subunit did not affect the decay kinetics, suggesting that the short lifetime component does not arise from aggregation of the α subunits. The biexponential decay kinetics of the α subunit cannot be explained using the sensitizing-fluorescing model. The possibility of conformational interactions is under investigation.     

ENERGY TRANSFER FROM PHYCOBILINS TO CHLOROPHYLL a IN HEAT-STRESSED CELLS OF Anacystis nidulans: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE 683 nm FLUORESCENCE EMISSION BAND*

Abstract— Heat-induced changes of the characteristics of fluorescence spectra of Anacystis nidulans cells were studied after 39°C-grown cells were heated at 55°C. Heat-treatment of the cells induced no changes in the absorption properties or photosystem I-catalyzed cytochrome oxidation, but induced a dramatic change in the fluorescence characteristics of the cells. The low temperature fluorescence emission spectra of heated cells showed a large increase of fluorescence emission at683–685 nm (F683) and at 695 nm, while the bands at 660 nm (allophycocyanin) and at 718 nm (chlorophyll a of photosystem I) were not affected when the cells were excited with light absorbed by phycobilins. When the cells were heated for various periods, a progressive increase of the intensity of F683 occurred with the loss in oxygen evolution capacity. The increase of the F683 band was observed prior to the increase of the F695 band. Quenching of emission spectra by the addition of quinones indicates that the F683 band emanated mainly from a long wavelength form of allophycocyanin. Excitation spectra of heated cells measured at 77 K showed that light absorbed by phycobilins was effective in exciting F685, F695, and F715 emission. A possible energy distribution pathway in Anacystis nidulans is discussed.     

SOLVENT EFFECTS ON TRIPLET-STATE BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL a AS DETECTED BY TRANSIENT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL a IN THE LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX OF Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26

The frequency of BChl that was bound to the light-harvesting complex (LHC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 was found to be 1598 cm^-1, a result which suggests that a pair of BChl molecules form a dimer in the LHC in the T₁ state.     

INFRARED AND RAMAN STUDIES ON SOME IMINES AND THEIR PICRATES. RELATION TO THE PROBLEM OF PROTONATION IN VISUAL PIGMENTS

Abstract— Picrates of conjugated Schiff bases have C=N stretching frequencies similar to those of the respective free bases. This raises the question if the frequency of this vibration can provide proof for the protonation of the retinylidene Schiff base occurring in visual pigments.     

ON THE EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-INTENSITY TWO-PHOTON LASER PHOTOLYSIS FOR ENERGY TRANSFER FROM HIGH-LYING QUASI-RYDBERG STATES OF THYMINE TO ISO-ENERGETIC STATES OF WATER

High intensity two-photon picosecond excitation at 266 nm (effective energy 9.2 eV) has been shown to cause efficient photolysis of thymine in aqueous solution. Experimental results for the quantum yield of solvated electrons, phi (eaq-), and the net consumption of thymine, phi(-Thy) have been interpreted (Oraevsky and Nikogosyan, 1985) as indicating a stoichiometric excess of solvated electrons over thymine radical-cations. To account for this under conditions in which direct two-photon photolysis of water is negligible, it has been concluded that it is necessary to postulate the occurrence of extensive energy transfer from high-lying thymine states to dissociating/ionizing states of water. This Note demonstrates that: (i) the supposed excess of eaq- depends on an implicit assumption concerning the secondary radical reactions (dimerization) such that -delta Thy = delta Thy+; if secondary radicals dismutate then -Thy = 1/2 delta Thy+, leading a stoichiometric deficit of eaq-; and (ii) the experimental results can be accounted for by a mixed dimerization/dismutation mechanism, without invoking energy transfer. Thus there is no evidence unambiguously requiring the postulate of energy transfer. But if it occurs, stoichiometry places restrictions on the extent of transfer and the nature of the secondary radical reactions.     

钼铁硫络合物晶体的合成、结构和性质研究

近几年来,模拟固氮酶的活性中心--钼铁硫原子簇化合物的合成、结构和性质研究,引起人们极大的兴趣.本文研究了一种新型的钼铁硫络合物晶体的合成、结构和性质。     

结晶高分子非晶区的结构及其动力学行为研究进展

非晶结构对结晶高分子材料结构和最终使用性能有非常重要的影响,但目前对半晶高分子中非晶结构的认识还不太清晰并且有待进一步完善.随着研究手段的发展,结晶高分子中非晶区结构及其动力学行为的研究受到越来越多的关注.本文简要概述了目前对结晶高分子中非晶相的研究进展,主要从结晶高分子中非晶区的结构﹑结晶高分子中非晶区的松弛行为﹑非晶相对结晶高分子性能的影响以及等温结晶过程中非晶相的结构演化这四个方面进行介绍,并对它们的研究现状进行了概述,同时指出了目前在这方面研究中存在的争议和问题.     

皖南尖吻蝮蛇蛇毒内抗凝血因子（ACF）的二级结构和金属离子对其影响的CD谱研究

利用ＣＤ谱对皖南尖吻蝮蛇蛇毒内抗凝血因子（ＡＣＦ）的二级结构，即α－螺旋、β－折叠和无规则卷曲进行了测定，利用ＣｈｅｎａｎｄＹａｎｇ的方法计算出了它们在ＡＣＦ分子内的百分比．溶液的ｐＨ值对ＡＣＦ的二级结构影响不大，但当ｐＨ位于５和６时，二级结构稍稍出现了异常．这可能是由于氢离子电离引起的电荷变化带来的效应．ＡＣＦ的脱钙破坏了分子内的配位结构，而使α－螺旋的百分比大大降低．尽管三价镧系离子能取代ＡＣＦ中的钙离子，但是没有给ＡＣＦ的二级结构带来较大的影响．     

皖南尖吻蝮蛇蛇毒内抗凝血因子(ACF)的二级结构和金属离子对其影响的CD谱研究

利用ＣＤ谱对皖南尖吻蝮蛇蛇内抗凝血因子的二级结构，即ａ－螺旋，β－折叠和无规则卷曲进行了测定，利用ＣｈｅｎａｎｄＹａｎｇ的方法计算了出它们在ＡＣＦ分的百分比。溶液的ＰＨ值对ＡＣＦ的二级结构影响不大，但当ＰＨ位于５和６时，二级结构稍稍出现了异常。这可能是由于氢离子电离引起的电荷变化带的效应。