Energy conversion in Purple Bacteria Photosynthesis

Autor:	Caycedo-Soler, Felipe, Rodriguez, Ferney J., Quiroga, Luis, Zhao, Guannan, Johnson, Neil F.
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Physics - Biological Physics Physics - Chemical Physics Quantitative Biology - Biomolecules
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	The study of how photosynthetic organisms convert light offers insight not only into nature's evolutionary process, but may also give clues as to how best to design and manipulate artificial photosynthetic systems -- and also how far we can drive natural photosynthetic systems beyond normal operating conditions, so that they can harvest energy for us under otherwise extreme conditions. In addition to its interest from a basic scientific perspective, therefore, the goal to develop a deep quantitative understanding of photosynthesis offers the potential payoff of enhancing our current arsenal of alternative energy sources for the future. In the following Chapter, we consider the trade-off between dynamics, structure and function of light harvesting membranes in Rps. Photometricum purple bacteria, as a model to highlight the priorities that arise when photosynthetic organisms adapt to deal with the ever-changing natural environment conditions. Comment: Chapter, to appear in Photosynthesis 2011, INTECH
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0191 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv