Functional Nanohybrid Materials from Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins

Scheme 1

Steps of the free energy conversion in the reaction scheme of photosynthesis. Energy of photon (1) is converted to redox potential (2) of the cofactors within the RC and between the protein components of the electron transport chain. Redox free energy is coupled to proton motive force (3) across the membrane, which is coupled to phosphorylation potential (4) indicated by the solid lines.