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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 137, 期 40, 页码 13121-13129出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08508
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- PRESTO (Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST)
- MEXT, Japan [2606, 26107002]
- Tatematsu Foundation
- Takahashi Foundation
- Hibi Foundation
- AOARD
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26107002, 26440139, 2606] Funding Source: KAKEN
Introducing appropriate artificial components into natural biological systems could enrich the original functionality. To expand the available wavelength range of photosynthetic bacterial light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2 from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila 10050), artificial fluorescent dye (Alexa Fluor 647: A647) was covalently attached to N- and C-terminal Lys residues in LH2 alpha-polypeptides with a molar ratio of A647/LH2 similar or equal to 9/1. Fluorescence and transient absorption spectroscopies revealed that intracomplex energy transfer from A647 to intrinsic chromophores of LH2 (B850) occurs in a multiexponential manner, with time constants varying from 440 fs to 23 Ps through direct and B800-mediated indirect pathways. Kinetic analyses suggested that B800 chromophores mediate faster energy transfer, and the mechanism was interpretable in terms of Forster theory. This study demonstrates that a simple attachment of external chromophores with a flexible linkage can enhance the light harvesting activity of LH2 without affecting inherent functions of energy transfer, and can achieve energy transfer in the subpicosecond range. Addition of external chromophores, thus, represents a useful methodology for construction of advanced hybrid light-harvesting systems that afford solar energy in the broad spectrum.
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