Hamm P, Zurek M, Mäntele W, Meyer M, Scheer H, Zinth W
Institut für Medizinische Optik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Mar 14;92(6):1826-30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.6.1826.
Time-resolved pump-and-probe experiments of reaction centers of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides (R26) in the mid-IR region between 1000 and 1800 cm-1 are recorded with a time resolution of 300-400 fs. The difference spectra of the states P*, P+HA-, and P+QA- with respect to the ground state P predominantly reflect changes of the special pair. They show positive and negative bands due to changes of distinct vibrational modes superimposed on a broad background of enhanced absorption. A number of certain bands can be assigned to the special pair P, to the bacteriopheophytin HA, and to the quinone QA. The temporal evolution of the IR absorbance changes is well described by the time constants known from femtosecond spectroscopy of the electronic states. Differences occur only at very early times, which are indicative of fast vibrational relaxation with a time constant of a few hundred femtoseconds.
利用时间分辨率为300 - 400飞秒的技术,记录了球形红细菌(R26)反应中心在1000至1800厘米-1的中红外区域的时间分辨泵浦-探测实验。相对于基态P,P*、P + HA-和P + QA-态的差分光谱主要反映了特殊对的变化。由于叠加在增强吸收的宽背景上的不同振动模式的变化,它们显示出正带和负带。一些特定的谱带可以归属于特殊对P、细菌叶绿素HA和醌QA。红外吸光度变化的时间演化可以通过电子态飞秒光谱学已知的时间常数很好地描述。差异仅出现在非常早期,这表明存在几百飞秒时间常数的快速振动弛豫。