Chan C K, DiMagno T J, Chen L X, Norris J R, Fleming G R
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Dec 15;88(24):11202-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.24.11202.
The initial electron transfer in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 was studied by a subpicosecond transient pump-probe technique. The measured kinetics at various wavelengths were analyzed and compared with several mechanisms for electron transfer. An unambiguous determination of the initial electron transfer mechanism in reaction centers cannot be made by studying the anion absorption region (640-690 nm), due to the spectral congestion in this region. However, correlations between the stimulated emission decay of the excited state of the special pair, P*, at 926 nm and bleaching of the bacteriopheophytin Qx absorption at 545 nm suggest that the electron transfer at 283 K is dominated by a two-step sequential mechanism, whereas one-step superexchange and the two-step sequential mechanism have about equal contributions at 22 K.
利用亚皮秒瞬态泵浦-探测技术研究了球形红杆菌R26反应中心的初始电子转移。分析了在不同波长下测得的动力学,并与几种电子转移机制进行了比较。由于该区域的光谱重叠,通过研究阴离子吸收区域(640 - 690 nm)无法明确确定反应中心的初始电子转移机制。然而,特殊对P*的激发态在926 nm处的受激发射衰减与细菌叶绿素Qx在545 nm处吸收的漂白之间的相关性表明,在283 K时电子转移以两步连续机制为主,而在22 K时一步超交换和两步连续机制的贡献大致相等。