In article <1992Mar3.030012.28848 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> zig at uiuc.edu writes:
>> I'm working with a plant that appears to have naked reactions
>centers. This is when the reaction center is present, but very few or
>no antenna molecules are present to funnel electrons to the reaction
>centers. This possibility was brought up by a professor, but I don't
>have any of the past literature on naked reaction centers. Could
>anyone give me a reference on naked reaction cenetrs? Thanks,
>>Bryan Siegfried
>Plant Biology at UIUC
>zig at uiuc.edu
Bryan-- No references to suggest...but a plant with naked reaction centers
would have a "unique" and quite narrow action spectrum. The "capture
antennae" are there specifically to cause a broadly tuned action spectrum.
Steve
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