Dynamic properties of the picosecond fluorescence of highly enriched reaction-center particles of photosystem I (8 -10 chlorophylls/P700) prepared from spinach have been investigated. The number ( N ) of photons used to excite chlorophyll molecules per reaction center was controlled between 0.06 and 80. The lie lifetime was ca. 25 ps for N 5 1. which is much shorter than previously measured lifetimes of photosystem I particles. The initial fluorescence intensity saturated at higher excitation intensities ( N 2 1). This was interpreted in terms of interaction and annihilation among excited chlorophyll molecules which occur almost entirely within the duration of a laser flash. The spectrum-resolved fluorescence decay was faster at 690 than at 680 nm. This implies that two kinds of antenna chlorophylls. apart from and in close proximity to P700, have different lifetimes. Upon heat treatment a component with a much longer fluorescence decay time was observed. The growth of this component upon heat treatment at increasing temperatures showed a correlation with a decrease in the amount of P700 that could be photooxidized.
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