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  Modeling of a violaxanthin-chlorophyll b chromophore pair in its LHCII environment using CAM-B3LYP

Kröner, D., & Götze, J. P. (2012). Modeling of a violaxanthin-chlorophyll b chromophore pair in its LHCII environment using CAM-B3LYP. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 109, 12-19. doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.12.007.

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Kröner, D.1, Author           
Götze, J. P.2, Author           
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1Univ Potsdam, Inst Chem, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany, ou_persistent22              
2Research Department Thiel, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society, ou_1445590              

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 Abstract: Collecting energy for photosystem II is facilitated by several pigments, xanthophylls and chlorophylls, embedded in the light harvesting complex II (LHCII). One xanthophyll, violaxanthin (Vio), is loosely bound at a site close to a chlorophyll b (Chl). No final answer has yet been found for the role of this specific xanthophyll. We study the electronic structure of Vio in the presence of Chl and under the influence of the LHCII environment, represented by a point charge field (PCF). We compare the capability of the long range corrected density functional theory (DFT) functional CAM-B3LYP to B3LYP for the modeling of the UV/vis spectrum of the Vio + Chl pair. CAM-B3LYP was reported to allow for a very realistic reproduction of bond length alternation of linear polyenes, which has considerable impact on the carotenoid structure and spectrum. To account for the influence of the LHCII environment, the chromophore geometries are optimized using an ONIOM(DFT/6-31G(d):PM6) scheme. Our calculations show that the energies of the locally excited states are almost unaffected by the presence of the partner chromophore or the PCF. There are, however, indications for excitonic coupling of the Chl Soret band and Vio. We propose that Vio may accept energy from blue-light excited Chl.

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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.12.007
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Title: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 109 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 12 - 19 Identifier: ISSN: 1011-1344
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925584248