Estimation of the relative contributions to the electronic energy transfer rates based on Förster theory: The case of C-phycocyanin chromophores

Biophysics and Physicobiology

Yasuteru Shigeta¹  Mitsuo Shoji¹  Kenji Mishima¹  Yasufumi Umena²  Mauro Boero³ 

[1] Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan;Department of Physiology, Division of Biophysics, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan;University of Strasbourg, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, France;

关键词: photosynthesis;    quantum chemistry calculations;    transition dipole moments;    absorption and emission spectra;    intermolecular center-to-center distance;   

DOI  :  10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.021

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In the present study, we provide a reformulation of the theory originally proposed by Förster which allows for simple and convenient formulas useful to estimate the relative contributions of transition dipole moments of a donor and acceptor (chemical factors), their orientation factors (intermolecular structural factors), intermolecular center-to-center distances (intermolecular structural factors), spectral overlaps of absorption and emission spectra (photophysical factors), and refractive index (material factor) to the excitation energy transfer (EET) rate constant. To benchmark their validity, we focused on the EET occurring in C-phycocyanin (C-PC) chromophores. To this aim, we resorted to quantum chemistry calculations to get optimized molecular structures of the C-PC chromophores within the density functional theory (DFT) framework. The absorption and emission spectra, as well as transition dipole moments, were computed by using the time-dependent DFT (TDDFT). Our method was applied to several types of C-PCs showing that the EET rates are determined by an interplay of their specific physical, chemical, and geometrical features. These results show that our formulas can become a useful tool for a reliable estimation of the relative contributions of the factors regulating the EET transfer rate.

【 授权许可】

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