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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Time-resolved polarization fluorescence spectroscopy in the femtosecond range was applied to a photosynthetic antenna system. Specific signals of excited states were obtained by simultaneous measurements of fluorescence rise and decay curves and polarized spectroscopy. Relaxation processes of carotenoids, energy transfer from carotenoids to chlorophyll (Chl) a, and energy migration among pigment pools of Chl a and Chl b were clearly resolved. Two new characteristics of carotenoid molecules were revealed only by anisotropy measurements. A new singlet excited state between the well known S2 (1Bu(+)) and S1 (2Ag(-)) states was resolved by an intermediary anisotropy (r(t) = 0.30) for siphonaxanthin in chloroplasts of Codium fragile. Time-dependent changes in anisotropy with an initial value of 0.52 (r(0) = 0.52) were recorded during the relaxation of lutein molecules in the light-harvesting complexes II of Arabidopsis thaliana, and this was interpreted as a strong interaction between two lutein molecules in the pigment-protein complexes. Other examples of the application of this method were also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0031-8655
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of time-resolved polarization fluorescence spectroscopy in the femtosecond range to photosynthetic systems.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't