Symmetry of the process of electron transfer on donor and acceptor sides of the photosynthetic reaction center
Shinkarev, V.P.; Rubin, A.B.
Biofizika 27(4): 722-724
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3029 PMID: 6751409 Document Number: 188199
Symmetry of electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction centre of phototrophic bacteria and higher plants is discussed. It has been shown that the donor and acceptor sides of the photosynthetic reaction centre are organized functionally in such a way that temporal behaviour of oxidized (reduced) forms of the donor carriers of the reaction centre is absolutely similar to that of the carriers located on the acceptor side of the reaction centre. The symmetry discovered is used when describing dark relaxation of the electron carriers which are a part of the photosynthetic reaction centre.