U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Resonance Raman Studies of Proton and Electron Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers

该奖项支持为期两年的合作研究项目 加州大学的梅尔文·冈村教授 圣地亚哥和研究所的北川寺三教授 分子科学，冈崎国立研究所，日本。 这项研究涉及使用共振拉曼光谱研究 醌类化合物在细菌反应中的结构和动力学 中心，一种参与初级电子和 光合作用中的质子转移过程。 该项目结合了 冈村教授在反应中心方面的丰富经验 该小组具有共振拉曼光谱的专业知识， 冈崎集团。 结果应该会带来关于 太阳能转换的机制。

This award supports a two-year collaborative research project between Professor Melvin Okamura of the University of California, San Diego and Professor Teizo Kitagawa of the Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institutes, Japan. The study involves the use of resonance Raman spectroscopy to study the structure and dynamics of quinones in the bacterial reaction center, a protein that is involved in the primary electron and proton transfer processes in photosynthesis. The project combines the extensive experience on reaction centers of Professor Okamura's group with the expertise in resonance Raman spectroscopy of the Okazaki group. The results should lead to new information about the mechanism of solar energy conversion.