Persistent spectral hole burning from oxygen-evolving Photosystem II cores from cyanobacteria and higher plants

Barry J Prince, Elmars Krausz, Sindra Peterson Årsköld, Paul J Smith, Ron J Pace

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Abstract

Persistent spectral hole burning was performed on active Photosystem II (PSII) cores from spinach and Synechocystis 6803, each containing about 32 chl a molecules per core. Hole-burning action spectra are presented. The data appear inconsistent with a mechanism involving non-photochemical hole burning, as has previously been observed in isolated PSII protein-pigment fragments. A photochemical hole-burning mechanism involving charge separation in P680 accounts for the features of the spectra presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-105
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume108
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Biological Sciences

Free keywords

  • Spectral hole burning
  • Photosystem
  • PSII
  • CP43

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