Long-range energy transport in photosystem II

Long-range DNA charge transport.

The stack of base pairs within double helical DNA has been shown to mediate charge transport reactions. Charge transport through DNA can result in chemistry at a distance, yielding oxidative DNA damage at a site remote from the bound oxidant. Since DNA charge transport chemistry depends on coupling within the stacked base pair array, this chemistry is remarkably sensitive to sequence-dependent ...

Long-range transport in the environment.

Long-Wavelength Limit of Photochemical Energy Conversion in Photosystem I

In Photosystem I (PS I) long-wavelength chlorophylls (LWC) of the core antenna are known to extend the spectral region up to 750 nm for absorbance of light that drives photochemistry. Here we present clear evidence that even far-red light with wavelengths beyond 800 nm, clearly outside the LWC absorption bands, can still induce photochemical charge separation in PS I throughout the full tempera...

Efficiency of energy transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I in Porphyridium cruentum.

The yield of energy transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I in Porphyridium cruentum varies from a minimum value of about 0.50 when the photosystem II reaction centers are all open to a maximum value between 0.90 and 0.95 when the centers are all closed.

Long-range energy transfer in proteins.

Proteins are large and complex molecular machines. In order to perform their function, most of them need energy, e.g. either in the form of a photon, as in the case of the visual pigment rhodopsin, or through the breaking of a chemical bond, as in the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Such energy, in turn, has to be transmitted to specific locations, often several tens of A away from wh...