Photosensitization of triplet carotenoid in photosynthetic light-harvesting complex of photosystem II
A laser photolysis study, on the nanosecond time scale, has been carried out on the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex of photosystem II (LHC II..beta..). The transient triplet absorption of the isolated LHC II..beta.. has been compared to those of its constituent chromophores in dilute micellar aqueous solutions, namely, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll a + chlorophyll b, and chlorophyll a + ..beta..-carotene. The results indicate that the carotenoid in the LHC II..beta.. is photosensitized by triplet chlorophyll a and that the decay of the transient triplet absorption exhibits two transients, one in the approx. 50-ns range and the other in the approx. 10..mu..s time scales. The former transient is light-intensity dependent and is attributed to an annihilation process between two triplets of chlorophyll a, while the latter is due to the decay of the triplet carotenoid to its ground state.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7004368
- Journal Information:
- J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 92:5; ISSN JPCHA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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