Coupling of different isolated photosynthetic light harvesting complexes and CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals via Förster resonance energy transfer

Schmitt, J.F.; Maksimov, E.G.; Hätti, P.; Weißenborn, J.; Jeyasangar, V.; Razjivin, A.P.; Paschenko, V.Z.; Friedrich, T.; Renger, G.

Авторы: Schmitt J.F., Maksimov E.G., Hätti P., Weißenborn J., Jeyasangar V., Razjivin A.P., Paschenko V.Z., Friedrich T., Renger G.
Журнал: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
Год издания: 2012
Издательство: Elsevier BV
Местоположение издательства: Netherlands
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.03.030
Аннотация: The present work describes results obtained on hybrid systems formed in aqueous buffer solution by self-assembly of different CdSe quantum dots (QDs) surrounded by a ZnS shell and functionalized by covering the surface with anionic and cationic groups and various isolated pigment–protein complexes from the light-harvesting antennae of photosynthetic organisms (light-harvesting complexes 1 and 2 (LH1 and LH2, respectively) from purple bacteria, phycobiliproteins (PBPs) from cyanobacteria and the rod-shaped PBP from the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina). Excitation energy transfer (EET) from QDs to PBP rods was found to take place with varying and highly temperature-dependent efficiencies of up to 90%. Experiments performed at room temperature on hybrid systems with different QDs show that no straightforward correlation exists between the efficiency of EET and the parameter J / (R126) given by the theory of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), where J is the overlap integral of the normalized QD emission and PBP absorption and R12 the distance between the transition dipole moments of donor and acceptor. The results show that the hybrid systems cannot be described as randomly orientated aggregates consisting of QDs and photosynthetic pigment–protein complexes. Specific structural parameters are inferred to play an essential role. The mode of binding and coupling seems to change with the size of QDs and with temperature. Efficient EET and fluorescence enhancement of the acceptor was observed at particular stoichiometric ratios between QDs and trimeric phycoerythrin (PE). At higher concentrations of PE, a quenching of its fluorescence is observed in the presence of QDs. This effect is explained by the existence of additional quenching channels in aggregates formed within hybrid systems. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis.
Добавил в систему: Максимов Евгений Георгиевич

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