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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 14, 期 37, 页码 8345-8352出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02091
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This study uncovers the molecular mechanism for the formation and tuning of exciton-CT interactions in Lhca4 through molecular dynamics, multiscale quantum chemical calculations, and spectral simulations. The study shows that the coupling between exciton and CT states is extremely sensitive to tiny variations in the Chl dimer arrangement, explaining both the red-shifted bands and the switch between conformations with blue and red emission observed in single-molecule spectroscopy.
The antenna complexes of Photosystem I present low-lying states visible as red-shifted and broadened absorption and fluorescence bands. Among these, Lhca4 has the most evident features of these red states, with a fluorescence band shifted by more than 25 nm from typical LHC emission. This signal arises from a mixing of exciton and charge-transfer (CT) states within the excitonically coupled a603-a609 chlorophyll (Chl) dimer. Here we combine molecular dynamics, multiscale quantum chemical calculations, and spectral simulations to uncover the molecular mechanism for the formation and tuning of exciton-CT interactions in Lhca4. We show that the coupling between exciton and CT states is extremely sensitive to tiny variations in the Chl dimer arrangement, explaining both the red-shifted bands and the switch between conformations with blue and red emission observed in single-molecule spectroscopy. Finally, we show that mutating the axial ligand of a603 diminishes the exciton-CT coupling, removing any red-state fingerprint.
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