Functional Nanohybrid Materials from Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins

Figure 4

Schematic representation of connection of free energy of light (hν) to redox free energy of secondary donor (D⁺/D) and acceptor (A/A⁻) redox systems and to the proton motive force (pmf, ∆μ_H+) driven by continuous turnover of the RC protein in the membrane. See explanation in the text.