The isolated Photosystem II reaction center: First attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary charge separation

Michael Seibert*, Michael R. Wasielewski

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Abstract

Direct measurements of the intrinsic rate of primary charge separation in the isolated Photosystem II (PS II) reaction center complex had to await the availability of suitable, stabilized reaction center materials as well as sophisticated femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopic techniques. The events that led to the first direct measurements of the primary charge separation act in PS II and discussions of the results thereafter are chronicled in this brief historical review.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)263-268
Number of pages6
JournalPhotosynthesis Research
Volume76
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Funding

Work performed at NREL was supported by the Division of Energy Biosciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (MS), and that at ANL and Northwestern University was supported by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (MRW). We especially thank Govindjee, who has been with us since the beginning of our journey, as well as all of our other collaborators who participated in the journey from 1988–2002. The latter include Hyunsuk Shim, Rafael Picorel, Doug Johnson, Chris Preston, Gary Wieder-recht, Scott Greenfield, Dave Gosztola, Ryan Hayes, Alex Gusev, Jun Wang, Xiong Ling, and Dick Sayre.

Keywords

  • Charge separation
  • Femtosecond spectroscopy
  • Govindjee
  • Michael Seibert
  • Michael Wasielewski
  • Photosystem II
  • Reaction center
  • Scott Greenfield

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology

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