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Llansola-Portoles MJ, Pascal AA, Robert B. Electronic and vibrational properties of carotenoids: from in vitro to in vivo. J R Soc Interface 2018; 14:rsif.2017.0504. [PMID: 29021162 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Carotenoids are among the most important organic compounds present in Nature and play several essential roles in biology. Their configuration is responsible for their specific photophysical properties, which can be tailored by changes in their molecular structure and in the surrounding environment. In this review, we give a general description of the main electronic and vibrational properties of carotenoids. In the first part, we describe how the electronic and vibrational properties are related to the molecular configuration of carotenoids. We show how modifications to their configuration, as well as the addition of functional groups, can affect the length of the conjugated chain. We describe the concept of effective conjugation length, and its relationship to the S0 → S2 electronic transition, the decay rate of the S1 energetic level and the frequency of the ν1 Raman band. We then consider the dependence of these properties on extrinsic parameters such as the polarizability of their environment, and how this information (S0 → S2 electronic transition, ν1 band position, effective conjugation length and polarizability of the environment) can be represented on a single graph. In the second part of the review, we use a number of specific examples to show that the relationships can be used to disentangle the different mechanisms tuning the functional properties of protein-bound carotenoids.
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- Manuel J Llansola-Portoles
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Sipka G, Maróti P. Photoprotection in intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria: quenching of bacteriochlorophyll fluorescence by carotenoid triplets. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 136:17-30. [PMID: 29064080 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0434-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Upon high light excitation in photosynthetic bacteria, various triplet states of pigments can accumulate leading to harmful effects. Here, the generation and lifetime of flash-induced carotenoid triplets (3Car) have been studied by observation of the quenching of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) fluorescence in different strains of photosynthetic bacteria including Rvx. gelatinosus (anaerobic and semianaerobic), Rsp. rubrum, Thio. roseopersicina, Rba. sphaeroides 2.4.1 and carotenoid- and cytochrome-deficient mutants Rba. sphaeroides Ga, R-26, and cycA, respectively. The following results were obtained: (1) 3Car quenching is observed during and not exclusively after the photochemical rise of the fluorescence yield of BChl indicating that the charge separation in the reaction center (RC) and the carotenoid triplet formation are not consecutive but parallel processes. (2) The photoprotective function of 3Car is not limited to the RC only and can be described by a model in which the carotenoids are distributed in the lake of the BChl pigments. (3) The observed lifetime of 3Car in intact cells is the weighted average of the lifetimes of the carotenoids with various numbers of conjugated double bonds in the bacterial strain. (4) The lifetime of 3Car measured in the light is significantly shorter (1-2 μs) than that measured in the dark (2-10 μs). The difference reveals the importance of the dynamics of 3Car before relaxation. The results will be discussed not only in terms of energy levels of the 3Car but also in terms of the kinetics of transitions among different sublevels in the excited triplet state of the carotenoid.
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- Gábor Sipka
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla tér 1, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla tér 1, Szeged, 6720, Hungary.
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Jiang LL, Liu WL, Yang YQ. Raman and Infrared Spectra for All-trans-astaxanthin in Dimethyl Sulfoxide Solvent. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/30/cjcp1703054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Li-lin Jiang
- Teaching Affairs Office, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China
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- Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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Kuznetsova V, Chábera P, Litvín R, Polívka T, Fuciman M. Effect of Isomerization on Excited-State Dynamics of Carotenoid Fucoxanthin. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:4438-4447. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Valentyna Kuznetsova
- Institute
of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Division
of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Institute
of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute
of Plant Molecular Biology, Biological Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute
of Plant Molecular Biology, Biological Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Premvardhan L, Robert B, Hiller RG. Pigment organisation in the membrane-intrinsic major light-harvesting complex of Amphidinium carterae: Structural characterisation of the peridinins and chlorophylls a and c2 by resonance Raman spectroscopy and from sequence analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:1187-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Kish E, Pinto MMM, Kirilovsky D, Spezia R, Robert B. Echinenone vibrational properties: From solvents to the orange carotenoid protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:1044-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Arulmozhiraja S, Nakatani N, Nakayama A, Hasegawa JY. Energy dissipative photoprotective mechanism of carotenoid spheroidene from the photoreaction center of purple bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:23468-80. [PMID: 26292635 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03089g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carotenoid spheroidene (SPO) functions for photoprotection in the photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) and effectively dissipates its triplet excitation energy. Sensitized cis-to-trans isomerization was proposed as a possible mechanism for a singlet-triplet energy crossing for the 15,15'-cis-SPO; however, it has been questioned recently. To understand the dissipative photoprotective mechanism of this important SPO and to overcome the existing controversies on this issue, we carried out a theoretical investigation using density functional theory on the possible triplet energy relaxation mechanism through the cis-to-trans isomerization. Together with the earlier experimental observations, the possible mechanism was discussed for the triplet energy relaxation of the 15,15'-cis-SPO. The result shows that complete cis-to-trans isomerization is not necessary. Twisting the C15-C15' bond leads to singlet-triplet energy crossing at ϕ(14,15,15',14') = 77° with an energy 32.5 kJ mol(-1) (7.7 kcal mol(-1)) higher than that of the T1 15,15'-cis minimum. Further exploration of the minimum-energy intersystem crossing (MEISC) point shows that triplet relaxation could occur at a less distorted structure (ϕ = 58.4°) with the energy height of 26.5 KJ mol(-1) (6.3 kcal mol(-1)). Another important reaction coordinate to reach the MEISC point is the bond-length alternation. The model truncation effect, solvent effect, and spin-orbit coupling were also investigated. The singlet-triplet crossing was also investigated for the 13,14-cis stereoisomer and locked-13,14-cis-SPO. We also discussed the origin of the natural selection of the cis over trans isomer in the RC.
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- Sundaram Arulmozhiraja
- Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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Vijayalakshmi K, Jha A, Dasgupta J. Ultrafast Triplet Generation and its Sensitization Drives Efficient Photoisomerization of Tetra-cis-lycopene to All-trans-lycopene. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:8669-78. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005, India
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Tonouchi N, Kosumi D, Sugisaki M, Nango M, Hashimoto H. How do surrounding environments influence the electronic and vibrational properties of spheroidene? PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 124:77-86. [PMID: 25680581 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0095-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Absorption and Raman spectra of spheroidene dissolved in various organic solvents and bound to peripheral light-harvesting LH2 complexes from photosynthetic purple bacteria Rhodobacter (Rba.) sphaeroides 2.4.1 were measured. The results showed that the peak energies of absorption and C-C and C=C stretching Raman lines are linearly proportional to the polarizability of solvents, as has already been reported. When comparing these results with those measured on LH2 complexes, it was confirmed that spheroidene is surrounded by a media with high polarizability. However, the change in the spectral width of the Raman lines, which reflect vibrational decay time, cannot be explained simply by a similar dependence of solvent polarizability. The experimental results were analyzed using a potential theoretical model. Consequently, a systematic change in the Raman line widths in the ground state can be satisfactorily explained as a function of the viscosity of the surrounding media. Even when the absorption peaks appear at the same energy, the vibrational decay time of spheroidene in the LH2 complexes is approximately 15-20 % slower than that in organic solvents.
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- Noriyuki Tonouchi
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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Macernis M, Galzerano D, Sulskus J, Kish E, Kim YH, Koo S, Valkunas L, Robert B. Resonance Raman spectra of carotenoid molecules: influence of methyl substitutions. J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:56-66. [PMID: 25476500 DOI: 10.1021/jp510426m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report here the resonance Raman spectra and the quantum chemical calculations of the Raman spectra for β-carotene and 13,13'-diphenyl-β-carotene. The first aim of this approach was to test the robustness of the method used for modeling β-carotene, and assess whether it could accurately predict the vibrational properties of derivatives in which conjugated substituents had been introduced. DFT calculations, using the B3LYP functional in combination with the 6-311G(d,p) basis set, were able to accurately predict the influence of two phenyl substituents connected to the β-carotene molecule, although these deeply perturb the vibrational modes. This experimentally validated modeling technique leads to a fine understanding of the origin of the carotenoid resonance Raman bands, which are widely used for assessing the properties of these molecules, and in particular in complex media, such as binding sites provided by biological macromolecules.
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- Mindaugas Macernis
- Theoretical Physics Department, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University , Saulėtekio al. 9, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Mendes-Pinto MM, Galzerano D, Telfer A, Pascal AA, Robert B, Ilioaia C. Mechanisms underlying carotenoid absorption in oxygenic photosynthetic proteins. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:18758-65. [PMID: 23720734 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.423681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The electronic properties of carotenoid molecules underlie their multiple functions throughout biology, and tuning of these properties by their in vivo locus is of vital importance in a number of cases. This is exemplified by photosynthetic carotenoids, which perform both light-harvesting and photoprotective roles essential to the photosynthetic process. However, despite a large number of scientific studies performed in this field, the mechanism(s) used to modulate the electronic properties of carotenoids remain elusive. We have chosen two specific cases, the two β-carotene molecules in photosystem II reaction centers and the two luteins in the major photosystem II light-harvesting complex, to investigate how such a tuning of their electronic structure may occur. Indeed, in each case, identical molecular species in the same protein are seen to exhibit different electronic properties (most notably, shifted absorption peaks). We assess which molecular parameters are responsible for this in vivo tuning process and attempt to assign it to specific molecular events imposed by their binding pockets.
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- Maria M Mendes-Pinto
- Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay, UMR 8221 CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Alia A, Buda F, de Groot HJ, Matysik J. Solid-State NMR of Nanomachines Involved in Photosynthetic Energy Conversion. Annu Rev Biophys 2013; 42:675-99. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-083012-130415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Magic-angle spinning NMR, often in combination with photo-CIDNP, is applied to determine how photosynthetic antennae and reaction centers are activated in the ground state to perform their biological function upon excitation by light. Molecular modeling resolves molecular mechanisms by way of computational integration of NMR data with other structure-function analyses. By taking evolutionary historical contingency into account, a better biophysical understanding is achieved. Chlorophyll cofactors and proteins go through self-assembly trajectories that are engineered during evolution and lead to highly homogeneous protein complexes optimized for exciton or charge transfer. Histidine-cofactor interactions allow biological nanomachines to lower energy barriers for light harvesting and charge separation in photosynthetic energy conversion. In contrast, in primordial chlorophyll antenna aggregates, excessive heterogeneity is paired with much less specific characteristics, and both exciton and charge-transfer character are encoded in the ground state.
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- A. Alia
- Solid State NMR, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RB, The Netherlands;, , ,
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- Solid State NMR, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RB, The Netherlands;, , ,
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- Solid State NMR, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RB, The Netherlands;, , ,
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- Solid State NMR, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RB, The Netherlands;, , ,
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Mendes-Pinto MM, Sansiaume E, Hashimoto H, Pascal AA, Gall A, Robert B. Electronic Absorption and Ground State Structure of Carotenoid Molecules. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:11015-21. [DOI: 10.1021/jp309908r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Maria M. Mendes-Pinto
- Institute of Biology and Technology
Saclay, CEA, UMR 8221 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Biology and Technology
Saclay, CEA, UMR 8221 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- The OCU Advanced Research Institute
for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA) and CREST/JST, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku,
Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Institute of Biology and Technology
Saclay, CEA, UMR 8221 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Biology and Technology
Saclay, CEA, UMR 8221 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Biology and Technology
Saclay, CEA, UMR 8221 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Du J, Kobayashi T, Watanabe K, Tamiaki H. B-side Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Revealed by a Few-Cycle Pulse Laser. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134108012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Liu W, Wang Z, Zheng Z, Jiang L, Yang Y, Zhao L, Su W. Density Functional Theoretical Analysis of the Molecular Structural Effects on Raman Spectra ofβ-Carotene and Lycopene. CHINESE J CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201200661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The Solid-State Photo-CIDNP Effect and Its Analytical Application. HYPERPOLARIZATION METHODS IN NMR SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 338:105-21. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Boereboom JM, van Hemert MC, Neugebauer J. The Resonance Raman Spectra of Spheroidene Revisited with a First-Principles Approach. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:3157-69. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mathies G, van Hemert MC, Gast P, Gupta KBSS, Frank HA, Lugtenburg J, Groenen EJJ. Configuration of Spheroidene in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: A Comparison of Wild-Type and Reconstituted R26. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:9552-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp112413d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Guinevere Mathies
- Department of Molecular Physics, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Pang Y, Jones GA, Prantil MA, Fleming GR. Unusual Relaxation Pathway from the Two-Photon Excited First Singlet State of Carotenoids. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:2264-73. [DOI: 10.1021/ja908472y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Yoonsoo Pang
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460
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Premvardhan L, Bordes L, Beer A, Büchel C, Robert B. Carotenoid Structures and Environments in Trimeric and Oligomeric Fucoxanthin Chlorophyll a/c2 Proteins from Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:12565-74. [DOI: 10.1021/jp903029g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lavanya Premvardhan
- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologie de Saclay, and CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, and Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologie de Saclay, and CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, and Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologie de Saclay, and CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, and Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologie de Saclay, and CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, and Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologie de Saclay, and CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, and Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Robert B. Resonance Raman spectroscopy. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 101:147-55. [PMID: 19568956 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Resonance Raman spectroscopy may yield precise information on the conformation of, and on the interactions assumed by, the chromophores involved in the first steps of the photosynthetic process, whether isolated in solvents, embedded in soluble or membrane proteins, or, as shown recently, in vivo. By making use of this technique, it is possible, for instance, to relate the electronic properties of these molecules to their structure and/or the physical properties of their environment, or to determine subtle changes of their conformation associated with regulatory processes. After a short introduction to the physical principles that govern resonance Raman spectroscopy, the information content of resonance Raman spectra of chlorophyll and carotenoid molecules is described in this review, together with the experiments which helped in determining which structural parameter each Raman band is sensitive to. A selection of applications of this technique is then presented, in order to give a fair and precise idea of which type of information can be obtained from its use in the field of photosynthesis.
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- Bruno Robert
- Institute of Biology and Technology of Saclay, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, URA 2096 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Liu WL, Wang ZG, Zheng ZR, Li AH, Su WH. Effect of β-Ring Rotation on the Structures and Vibrational Spectra of β-Carotene: Density Functional Theory Analysis. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:10580-5. [PMID: 18821738 DOI: 10.1021/jp802024v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Wei-Long Liu
- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130012, China, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, China, and College of Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130012, China, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, China, and College of Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130012, China, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, China, and College of Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130012, China, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, China, and College of Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130023, China
| | - Wen-Hui Su
- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130012, China, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, China, and College of Physics, Ji Lin University, Changchun 130023, China
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