This review serves as an introduction to the variety of light-harvesting (LH) structures present
in phototrophic prokaryotes. It provides an overview of the LH complexes of purple bacteria …

The composition of the P840-reaction center complex (RC), energy and electron transfer
within the RC, as well as its topographical organization and interaction with other …

INTRODUCTION Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) harvest light energy and convert it
into chemical energy, a process that ultimately sustains most life on Earth. RCs are classified …

Photosynthetic bacteria emerged on Earth more than 3 Gyr ago. To date, despite a long
evolutionary history, species containing (bacterio) chlorophyll-based reaction centers have …

Absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra are essential for use across the photosciences,
yet such spectra along with the all‐important values for molar absorption coefficient (ε) and …

Absorption of sunlight is the first step in photosynthesis, which provides energy for the vast
majority of organisms on Earth. The primary processes of photosynthesis have been studied …

Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy to fuel life on earth. Light energy is
harvested by antenna pigments and transferred to reaction centers (RCs) to drive the …

The reaction-center light-harvesting complex 1 (RC-LH1) is the core photosynthetic
component in purple phototrophic bacteria. We present two cryo–electron microscopy …

Photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria are able to survive under extreme low light conditions.
Nevertheless, the light-harvesting efficiencies reported so far, in particular for Fenna …

In a quest to fabricate novel solar energy materials, the high quantum efficiency and long
charge separated states of photosynthetic pigment‐proteins are being exploited through …