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Etchegoin P, Maher RC. Electromagnetic optimization of light-harvesting proteins. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003;67(2):022902doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902.
Etchegoin, P., & Maher, R. C. (2003). Electromagnetic optimization of light-harvesting proteins. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 67(2), 022902. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902
Etchegoin, P, and Maher, R C. "Electromagnetic optimization of light-harvesting proteins." Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics vol. 67,2 (2003): 022902. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902
Etchegoin P, Maher RC. Electromagnetic optimization of light-harvesting proteins. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Feb;67(2):022902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902. Epub 2003 Feb 13. PMID: 12636726.
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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Feb;67(2):022902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902. Epub 2003 Feb 13.

Electromagnetic optimization of light-harvesting proteins.

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics

P Etchegoin, R C Maher

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  1. The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BW London, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PMID: 12636726 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.022902

Abstract

The problem of electromagnetic optimization of the structure of light-harvesting proteins is studied within a simplified diffraction scheme. It is suggested that evolutionary pressures for protein antennae has resulted in molecular structures that optimize the absorption in the light-sensitive pigments. Bacteriorhodopsin is shown to be an exceptional case in terms of optimization, a fact that can be connected to its extremely high sensitivity as a light detector down to a single photon level.

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