Structural Study of the Cyto-chrome-containing Reaction Centre Complex of the Bacteria Chromatium minutissimum in Solution and Langmuir-Blodgett Films

Abstract The problem of photosynthetic reaction centers has been a subject of intensive study during recent years. The interest in this subject is due to the high quantum and energetic efficiency of transforming light energy into the electrochemical potential. Up until now, grown crystals, suitable for structural investigation, provided information for only a few types of reaction centers. The reaction centers of multiheme cytochrome C complex from Rhodopseudomonas viridis 1,2 and Rhodobacter sphaeroidas R-263,4 are the most convenient for study.