title: Femtosecond nuclear oscillations under charge separation in reaction centers of photosynthesis.
abstract: Results are presented of a study of primary processes of formation of the charge separated states P(+)B(A)(-) and P(+)H(A)(-) (where P is the primary electron donor, B(A) and H(A) the primary and secondary electron acceptors) in native and pheophytin-modified reaction centers (RCs) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 by methods of femtosecond spectroscopy of absorption changes at low temperature. Coherent oscillations were studied in the kinetics at 935 nm (P* stimulated emission band), at 1020 nm (B(A)(-) absorption band), and at 760 nm (H(A) absorption band). It was found that when the wavepacket created under femtosecond light excitation approaches the intersection between P* and P(+)B(A)(-) potential surfaces at 120- and 380-fsec delays, the formation of two electron states emitting light at 935 nm (P*) and absorbing light at 1020 nm (P(+)B(A)(-)) takes place. At the later time the wavepacket motion has a frequency of 32 cm(-1) and is accompanied by electron transfer from P* to B(A) in pheophytin-modified and native RCs and further to H(A) in native RCs. It was shown that electron transfer processes monitored by the 1020-nm absorption band development as well as by bleaching of 760-nm absorption band have the enhanced 32 cm(-1) mode in the Fourier transform spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photobiophysics, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia. yakov@genebee.msu.su
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.forename: A Ya
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shkuropatov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shuvalov
mesh_terms: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D007700:Kinetics; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000378:metabolism; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins