Primary processes in photosynthetic reaction centers

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A b s t r a c t P h o t o s y n t h e t i c r e a c t i o n c e n t e r s r e a l i z e t h e p r i m a r y s t e p s o f t h e b i o c o n v e r s i o n o f l i g h t e n e r g y . They a r e c o m p l e x membrane p r o t e i n s w h i c h c o n t a i n s e v e r a l m o l e c u l e s o f p i g m e n t s and e l e c t r o n c a r r i e r s , o r g a n i z e d so a s t o t r a n s f e r e l e c t r o n s e f f i c i e n t l y a l o n g a w e l l d e f i n e d p a t h . R e a c t i o n s c e n t e r s c a n be c l a s s i f i e d i n f o u r c a t e g o r i e s f o u n d i n p u r p l e b a c t e r i a ( t h e b e s t k n o w n ) , i n g r e e n s u l f u r b a c t e r i a , a n d i n p l a n t s ( w h i c h h a v e t w o c a t e g o r i e s : PSI and PS-11). R e a c t i o n c e n t e r s s h a r e common p r o p e r t i e s , w h i c h a r e d i s c u s s e d m a i n l y on t h e b a s i s o f w h a t i s known i n p u r p l e b a c t e r i a . The f o l l o w i n g a s p e c t s a r e c o n s i d e r e d : c o u p l i n g b e t w e e n r e a c t i o n c e n t e r s and a n t e n n a ; t h e r o l e o f t h e membrane ; t h e means t o m i n i m i z e w a s t e f u l c h a r g e r e c o m b i n a t i o n ; t h e p r i m a r y s t e p and t h e d i m e r i c s t r u c t u r e o f t h e p r i m a r y e l e c t r o n d o n o r ; t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f q u i n o n e s ; t h e r o l e o f a Fez+ a t o m ; t h e r o l e s o f t h e p r o t e i n ; t h e s y m m e t r i c s t r u c t u r e o f t h e r e a c t i o n c e n t e r ; t h e p r i m a r y r a d i c a l p a i r and t r i p l e t s t a t e f o r m a t i o n .

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تاریخ انتشار 2005