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Title: Isolated photochemical reaction centers from bacteriochlorophyll b-containing organisms

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6790346

Optical, ESR, and pulsed laser spectroscopic examination of isolated bacteriochlorophyll containing reaction centers (RCs) demonstrates that their composition and their mechanism for charge separation are very similar in BChl a-containing RCs and BChl b. Comparison of the optical spectra of isolated RCs of the BChl b-containing bacteria, Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Thiocapsa pfennigii, with those of their intact cells shows that the PBh in the RC is not generated during the isolation procedure.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA); Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia (USA). Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Washington State Univ., Pullman (USA). Dept. of Chemistry; Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Dept. of Biochemistry
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-0016
OSTI ID:
6790346
Report Number(s):
BNL-24247
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English