Structure of bacteriochlorophyll aggregates in chlorosomes of green bacteria: a spectral hole burning study. 1996

V I Novoderezhkin, and Z G Fetisova
A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.

Exciton level structure, homogenous absorption and hole-burning spectra were calculated for different models of bacteriochlorophyll aggregation in chlorosomal antennae of green bacteria. It was demonstrated that none of the earlier proposed models of noninteracting linear bacteriochlorophyll aggregates and linear bacteriochlorophyll chains assembling in tubular aggregates with high density of packing, exhibits the in vivo exciton level structure revealed by hole-burning experiments on intact cells of green bacteria. The models of linear exciton-coupled bacteriochlorophyll chains with a low packing density, approximating that in vivo, were proposed as alternative, to obtain the main spectral features found in natural antennae.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008956 Models, Chemical Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of chemical processes or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Chemical Models,Chemical Model,Model, Chemical
D008961 Models, Structural A representation, generally small in scale, to show the structure, construction, or appearance of something. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Model, Structural,Structural Model,Structural Models
D001429 Bacteriochlorophylls Pyrrole containing pigments found in photosynthetic bacteria. Bacteriochlorophyll
D013053 Spectrophotometry The art or process of comparing photometrically the relative intensities of the light in different parts of the spectrum.
D015388 Organelles Specific particles of membrane-bound organized living substances present in eukaryotic cells, such as the MITOCHONDRIA; the GOLGI APPARATUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LYSOSOMES; PLASTIDS; and VACUOLES. Organelle
D019414 Chlorobi A phylum of anoxygenic, phototrophic bacteria including the family Chlorobiaceae. They occur in aquatic sediments, sulfur springs, and hot springs and utilize reduced sulfur compounds instead of oxygen. Bacteria, Green Sulfur,Chlorobiaceae,Green Sulfur Bacteria

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