Fluorescence-excitation and Emission Spectroscopy on Single FMO Complexes

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 31875
• Main Authors: Löhner, Alexander, Ashraf , Khuram, Cogdell, Richard J., Köhler, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.08.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/125; 631/1647/527; 631/57/2265; 631/57/2272; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science

In green-sulfur bacteria sunlight is absorbed by antenna structures termed chlorosomes and transferred to the RC via the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex. FMO consists of three monomers arranged in C 3 symmetry where each monomer accommodates eight Bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a ) molecules. It was...