Bacterial micelle model

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In this paper we give an account of our ongoing effort to understand bacterial photosynthesis at the atomic level. First, we describe earlier simulations which investigate the nuclear motion coupled to the primary donor excitation in bacterial reaction centers (RC). Then, we discuss the molecular modeling of the chromophores of the RC of rhodohacter sphaeroides. Finally, we report on our latest molecular dynamics simulation results concerning a RC in a detergent micelle. 

A full understanding of photosynthesis thus requires (a) investigations of relatively simple donor-acceptor systems in solution (see Section 9.2.2.3 seq.) (b) extension of these studies to models of reaction centres [48] and (c) their behaviour in organised systems such as micelles [49] and model membranes [50], leading up to (d) in-vivo investigations of bacterial photosynthesis [51] and finally of the more complex systems in higher organisms [52]. 

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