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  • Title: [Two-photon excitation fluorescence spectrum of the light-harvesting complex LH2 from Chromatium minutissimum within 650-745 nm range is determined by two-photon absorption of bacteriochlorophyll rather than of carotenoids].
    Author: Krikunova MA, Leupold D, Rini M, Voigt B, Moskalenko AA, Toropygina OA, Razzhivin AP.
    Journal: Biofizika; 2002; 47(6):1015-20. PubMed ID: 12500564.
    Abstract:
    Two-photon fluorescence excitation spectra of the peripheral light-harvesting complex LH2 from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium minutissimum were examined within the expected spectral range of the optically forbidden S1 singlet state of carotenoids. LH2 preparations isolated from wild-type and carotenoid-depleted cells were used. 100-fs laser pulses in the range of 1300-1490 nm with an energy of 7-9 mW (corresponding to one-photon absorption between 650 and 745 nm) were used for two-photon fluorescence excitation. It was shown that two-photon fluorescence excitation spectra of LH2 complex from wild and carotenoid-depleted cells are very similar to each other and to the two-photon fluorescence excitation spectrum of bacteriochlorophyll a in acetone. It was concluded that direct two-photon excitation of bacteriochlorophyll a determines the fluorescence of both samples within the 650-745 nm spectral range.
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