Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis

Jeffrey R. Reimers; Malgorzata Biczysko; Douglas Bruce; David F. Coker; Terry J. Frankcombe; Hideki Hashimoto; Jürgen Hauer; Ryszard Jankowiak; Tobias Kramer; Juha Linnanto; Fikret Mamedov; Frank Müh; Margus Rätsep; Thomas Renger; Stenbjörn Styring; Jian Wan; Zhuan Wang; Zheng Yu Wang-Otomo; Yu Xiang Weng; Chunhong Yang; Jian Ping Zhang; Arvi Freiberg; Elmars Krausz

doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010

Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis

Jeffrey R. Reimers, Malgorzata Biczysko, Douglas Bruce, David F. Coker, Terry J. Frankcombe, Hideki Hashimoto, Jürgen Hauer, Ryszard Jankowiak, Tobias Kramer, Juha Linnanto, Fikret Mamedov, Frank Müh, Margus Rätsep, Thomas Renger, Stenbjörn Styring, Jian Wan, Zhuan Wang, Zheng Yu Wang-Otomo, Yu Xiang Weng, Chunhong YangJian Ping Zhang, Arvi Freiberg, Elmars Krausz^*

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Abstract

While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device design, additional low-energy states have been discovered in many systems with obscure origins and significance. However, as low-energy states are naively expected to be critical to function, these observations pose important challenges. A review of known properties of low energy states covering eight photochemical systems, and options for their interpretation, are presented. A concerted experimental and theoretical research strategy is suggested and outlined, this being aimed at providing a fully comprehensive understanding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1627-1640
Number of pages	14
Journal	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
Volume	1857
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

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Reimers, J. R., Biczysko, M., Bruce, D., Coker, D. F., Frankcombe, T. J., Hashimoto, H., Hauer, J., Jankowiak, R., Kramer, T., Linnanto, J., Mamedov, F., Müh, F., Rätsep, M., Renger, T., Styring, S., Wan, J., Wang, Z., Wang-Otomo, Z. Y., Weng, Y. X., ... Krausz, E. (2016). Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 1857(9), 1627-1640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010

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