Intermolecular resonance energy transfer between two lutein pigments in light-harvesting complex II studied by frenkel exciton models
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP(2023)
Abstract
The energy transfer pathways in light-harvesting complex II are complicated and the discovery of the energy transfer between the two luteins revealed an unelucidated important role of carotenoids in the energy flow. This energy transfer between the two S2 states of luteins was for the first time investigated using Frenkel exciton models, using a hybrid scheme of molecular mechanics and quantum mechanics. The results show the energy flow between the two luteins under the Forster resonance energy transfer mechanism. The energy transfer caused by energy level resonance occurs in configurations with small energy gaps. This energy transfer pathway is particularly sensitive to conformation. Moreover, according to the statistical characteristics of the data of the energy gaps and coupling values between LUTs, we proposed stochastic exciton Hamiltonian models to facilitate clarification of the energy transfer among pigments in antenna complexes. Stochastic exciton models with energy gaps and coupling values based on statistical characteristics of ensemble data are used to describe the energy transfer between two lutein pigments in antenna complexes.
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Key words
frenkel exciton models,lutein pigments,light-harvesting
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