Abstract

We show a correlation between the electronic excitation of the peripheral chlorophylls (Chls(Z)) of the photosystem II reaction center and a shift of the S(2) absorption bands of β-carotene, and suggest that the carotenoids may enhance the excitation energy transfer rate from these chlorophylls to the central cofactors.

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