… reaction centers and discuss some of the current questions, including those pertaining to the
evolution of the reaction center… , in particular on the reaction center from purple bacteria, for …

… photosynthesis, including green plant photosynthesis. This volume starts with a novel new
description of the structure of the reaction center (… the reaction center. The manipulation of the …

The capture of solar radiation and the conversion of its free energy into chemical energy
involves a sequence of reactions that occur within a physical structure called the photosynthetic …

The availability of the photosynthetic reaction center's structure at an atomic resolution of
less than three angstroms has revolutionized research. This protein is the first integral …

… pigments in the reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. … inthe case of the reaction center
of Rhodopseudomonas viridis) … To construct -electron wave functions for the reaction center, …

… is to review what is presently known about the structure and function of reaction centers, both
in oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms and in the anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria. …

REACTION CENTER STRUCTURES 249 10 molecules (39), whereas R. viridis has one
menaquinone-9 and one ubiquinone-9 molecule (46). Various types of carotenoids are used in …

… The light reactions of photosynthesis … reaction centers (RCs). Photons are absorbed by
antenna molecules, and the excitation energy is transferred to the core of the reaction center, …

… electron-transfer reaction of photosynthesis. Comparisonof … elicited from bacterial
photosynthetic reaction centers has led … in green plant and algal photosynthesis is much less …

… of theRhodobacter sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction center (… The primary processes of
photosynthesis, the conversion of … -pigment complex called the reaction center (RC) in which a …