Articles
Año 10 No. 28 Enero - Abril 2024
PHOTOSYNTHESIS: A WONDERFUL, AMAZING AND CHALLENGING BIOPROCESS
Estudiante de Maestría en Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, BUAP
Centro de Química del Instituto de Ciencias, ICUAP, BUAP
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, BUAP
Laboratorio de Química Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, BUAP.
Abstract
Photosynthesis is the physical-chemistry phenomenon most amazing on our planet. It has marveled at humans since thousands of years ago. It is the most important biological process in nature, about which a lot is thought to be known; however, we do not know enough. Photosynthesis is made through big pigment-protein associations located in plant and algae organelles and some bacteria. Some of these complexes are known, but others are still under investigation. From a theoretical point of view, the investigations focus on different paths; some study the structural stability, spectra, and excitation of the different pigments. Other ones study the interactions, couplings, and electronic transfer from pigments to protein residues and from some super-complex protein to another super-complex protein. In this manuscript, the localization and structure of some photosynthetic systems of different organisms are explained, as are the quantum-chemistry studies that are being performed now.
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