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. 2000 Sep;79(3):1573–1586. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76408-3

Ultrafast primary processes in PS I from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: roles of P700 and A(0).

S Savikhin 1, W Xu 1, P R Chitnis 1, W S Struve 1
PMCID: PMC1301050  PMID: 10969018

Abstract

The excitation transport and trapping kinetics of core antenna-reaction center complexes from photosystem I of wild-type Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were investigated under annihilation-free conditions in complexes with open and closed reaction centers. For closed reaction centers, the long-component decay-associated spectrum (DAS) from global analysis of absorption difference spectra excited at 660 nm is essentially flat (maximum amplitude <10(-5) absorbance units). For open reaction centers, the long-time spectrum (which exhibits photobleaching maxima at approximately 680 and 700 nm, and an absorbance feature near 690 nm) resembles one previously attributed to (P700(+) - P700). For photosystem I complexes excited at 660 nm with open reaction centers, the equilibration between the bulk antenna and far-red chlorophylls absorbing at wavelengths >700 nm is well described by a single DAS component with lifetime 2.3 ps. For closed reaction centers, two DAS components (2.0 and 6.5 ps) are required to fit the kinetics. The overall trapping time at P700 ( approximately 24 ps) is very nearly the same in either case. Our results support a scenario in which the time constant for the P700 --> A(0) electron transfer is 9-10 ps, whereas the kinetics of the subsequent A(0) --> A(1) electron transfer are still unknown.

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