| Literature DB >> 11127989 |
R J Cogdell1, T D Howard, R Bittl, E Schlodder, I Geisenheimer, W Lubitz.
Abstract
The essential function of carotenoids in photosynthesis is to act as photoprotective agents, preventing chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls from sensitizing harmful photodestructive reactions in the presence of oxygen. Based upon recent structural studies on reaction centres and antenna complexes from purple photosynthetic bacteria, the detailed organization of the carotenoids is described. Then with specific reference to bacterial antenna complexes the details of the photoprotective role, triplet triplet energy transfer, are presented.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11127989 PMCID: PMC1692869 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0696
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci ISSN: 0962-8436 Impact factor: 6.237