Photoprotective mechanisms in the core LH1 antenna pigment-protein complex from the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum
Chiasa Uragami, Hiroki Sato, Nao Yukihira, Masazumi Fujiwara, Daisuke Kosumi, Alastair T. Gardiner, Richard J. Cogdell, Hideki Hashimoto
Topics & Concepts
Rhodospirillum rubrumChemistryPhotochemistryPurple bacteriaTriplet stateCarotenoidPhotosynthetic reaction centrePhotosynthesisExcited stateQuenching (fluorescence)Non-photochemical quenchingSinglet statePigmentBiophysicsElectron transferFluorescenceXanthophyllBiochemistryPhysicsMoleculeAtomic physicsBiologyOpticsOrganic chemistryEnzymePhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsAlgal biology and biofuel productionPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research