Publications
Invited reviews
J.T.M. Kennis and S. Crosson
A bacterial pathogen sees the light (Perspective)
Science, 317, 2007, p. 1041-1042
J.T.M. Kennis and M.L. Groot
Ultrafast spectroscopy of biological photoreceptors
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 17, 2007, 623-630
Book
chapters
J. Hendriks, M.A. van der Horst, K.C. Toh, M.Avila-Perez,
L.J. van Wilderen, M.T.A. Alexandre, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis,
K.J.Hellingwerf
Photoreceptor Proteins from Purple Bacteria, in 'The Purple
Phototrophic Bacteria" (eds. Hunter D., Daldal, F, Thurnauer C., Beatty
J.T.) Springer Science 2009, pp. 811-837.
J.T.M.
Kennis and M.T.A. Alexandre
Mechanisms
of light activation in flavin-binding photoreceptors,
in Flavins: Photochemistry and Photobiology (eds. E. Silva and A.M. Edwards), Comprehensive
Series in Photosciences, European Society for Photobiology vol. 6 (D.-P.
Haeder, G. Jori, eds.), The Royal Society for Chemistry Publishing, Cambridge, UK, p.
287-319
M. Vengris, D. S. Larsen, E. Papagiannakis, J.T.M. Kennis, and R. van Grondelle Multipulse transient
absorption spectroscopy: A tool to explore biological systems, in Analysis and Control
of Ultrafast Photoinduced Reactions (O. Kuhn and L.Woste, Eds.), Springer
Series in Chemical Physics (Series Eds. A.W. Castleman, Jr. J. P. Toennies K.
Yamanouchi W. Zinth), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, in press.
Peer-reviewed journals
2010
K.C. Toh, E.A. Stojkovic, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K. Moffat, J.T.M. Kennis
Proton
transfer and hydrogen bond interactions determine fluorescence quantum
yield and photochemical efficiency of bacteriophytochrome
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 107, (2010) 9170 - 9175
C. Bonetti, M.T.A. Alexandre, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R. Hiller, R. van Grondelle, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis
Identification of excited-state energy transfer and relaxation pathways
in the peridinin-chlorophyll complex: an ultrafast mid-infrared study
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 (2010), 9256-9266
M.T.A. Alexandre, E.B. Purcell, R. van Grondelle, B. Robert, J.T.M. Kennis, S. Crosson
Electronic and protein structural dynamics of a photosensory LOV histidine kinase
Biochemistry 49, (2010), 4752-4759
R. Berera, .I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle, J.P. Dekker
The light-harvesting function of carotenoids in the cyanobacterial stress-inducible IsiA complex
Chem. Phys., 373 (2010) 65-70
2009
Bonetti, C., Stierl, M., Mathes, T., et al., Van Stokkum, I.H.M.,
Mullen, K.M., Cohen-Stuart, T.A., Van Grondelle, R., Hegemann, P. and Kennis, J.T.M.
The Role of Key Amino Acids in the Photoactivation Pathway of the Synechocystis Slr1694 BLUF Domain.
Biochemistry, 2009. 48(48): p. 11458-11469.
Alexandre, M.T.A., Domratcheva, T., Bonetti, C., Wilderen, L.J.G.W.
van, Grondelle R. van, Groot M.L., Hellingwerf K.J., Kennis J.T.M.
Primary Reactions of the LOV2 Domain of Phototropin Studied with Ultrafast Mid-infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry
Biophys. J, 97 (1): 227-237 2009
Alexandre M.T.A, Grondelle, R. van, Hellingwerf K.J., Kennis J.T.M.
Conformational Heterogeneity and Propagation of Structural
Changes in the LOV2/J alpha Domain from Avena sativa Phototropin 1 as
Recorded by Temperature-Dependent FTIR
Spectroscopy.
Biophys. J., 2009. 97(1): p. 238-247.
Berera, R., Grondelle, R. van, and Kennis, J.T.M.,
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems.
Photosynth. Res., 2009. 101(2-3): p. 105-118.
Berera R., Stokkum I.H.M. van, d'Haene S., Kennis, J.T.M., Grondelle, R. van, Dekker, J.P.
A Mechanism of Energy Dissipation in Cyanobacteria.
Biophys. J., 2009. 96(6): p. 2261-2267.
Bonetti, C., Alexandre, M.T.A., Hiller, R.G., Kennis, J.T.M., Grondelle, R. van
Chl-a triplet quenching by peridinin in H-PCP and organic solvent revealed by step-scan FTIR time-resolved spectroscopy
Chem. Phys., 357, 2009, p. 63-69.
2008
A. Wilson, C. Punginelli, A. Gall, C. Bonetti, M. Alexandre, J.-M.
Routaboul., C. A. Kerfeld, R. van Grondelle, B. Robert,
J.T.M. Kennis, D. Kirilovsky
A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 2008, 12075-12080
C. Bonetti, T. Mathes, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K.M. Mullen, M.L. Groot, R.
van Grondelle, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis
Hydrogen bond switching among flavin and amino acid side chains in the
BLUF photoreceptor observed by ultrafast infrared spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 95, 2008, pp. 4790 - 4802
M.T.A. Alexandre, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, B. Robert,
J.T.M. Kennis
Perturbation of the ground-state electronic structure of FMN by the
conserved cysteine in phototropin LOV2 domains
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 2008, pp. 6693-6702
K.C. Toh, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.C. Hendriks, M.T.A. Alexandre, J.C.
Arents, M. Avila-Perez, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, J.T.M.
Kennis
On the signaling mechanism and the absence of photoreversibility in the AppA BLUF domain
Biophys. J. 95, 2008, p. 312-321
2007
A.V. Ruban, R. Berera, C. Ilioaia, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.T.M. Kennis,
A.A. Pascal, H. van Amerongen, B. Robert, P. Horton, R. van Grondelle
Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants
Nature 450, 2007, p. 575-579
M.T.A. Alexandre, D.C. Luhrs, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R. Hiller, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle
Triplet state dynamics in peridinin–chlorophyll a–protein: A new pathway of photo-protection in LHCs?
Biophys. J. 93, 2007, p. 2118-2128
M. Gauden, J.S Grinstead, W. Laan, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Avila-Perez,
K.C. Toh, R. Boelens, R. Kaptein, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf,
J.T.M. Kennis
On the role of aromatic side chains in the photoactivation of BLUF domains
Biochemistry 46, 2007, p. 7405-7415
R. Berera, I.H.M. van Stokkum, G. Kodis, A. Keirstead, S. Pillai, C.
Herrero, R.E. Palacios, M. Vengris, R. van Grondelle, D. Gust, T.A.
Moore, A.L. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis
Energy transfer, excited-state deactivation and exciplex formation
in artificial caroteno-phthalocyanine light harvesting antennas
J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 2007, p. 6868-6877
M.T.A. Alexandre, J.C. Arents, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, J.T.M. Kennis
A base-catalyzed mechanism for dark
state recovery in the Avena sativa phototropin-1 LOV2 domain
Biochemistry, 46, 2007, p. 3129-3137
2006
M. Gauden, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.M. Key, D.
Ch. Luhrs, R. van Grondelle, P. Hegemann, J.T.M.
Kennis
Hydrogen bond switching through a radical
pair mechanism in a flavin-binding photoreceptor
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 2006,
p. 10895-10900R.
Berera, C. Herrero, I.H.M. van Stokkum,
M. Vengris, G. Kodis, R.E. Palacios, H. van Amerongen, R. van Grondelle, D.
Gust, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore, J.T.M.
Kennis
A simple artificial light-harvesting
dyad as a model for excess energy dissipation in oxygenic photosynthesis
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2006,
103, p. 5343-5348
R. Berera, G.F. Moore, I. H.M. van
Stokkum, G. Kodis, M. Gervaldo, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis, D. Gust, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore
Charge separation and energy transfer in a
caroteno–C60 dyad: photoinduced electron transfer from the carotenoid excited
states
Photochem.
Photobiol. Sci. 5,
2006, p. 1142-1149
Tetrapyrrole Singlet
Excited State Quenching by Carotenoids in an Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna
Palacios, R. E.; Kodis,
G.; Herrero, C.; Ochoa, E. M.; Gervaldo, M.; Gould, S. L.; Kennis, J. T. M.; Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.
J. Phys. Chem. B.
110, 2006, p. 25411 - 25420
I.H.M. van Stokkum, B. Gobets, T. Gensch,
F. van Mourik, K.J. Hellingwerf, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis
(Sub)-picosecond spectral evolution
of fluorescence in photoactive proteins studied with a Synchroscan streak
camera system
Photochem. Photobiol., 2006, 82, p.
380-388
W. Laan, M. Gauden, S. Yeremenko, R. van
Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis, K.J. Hellingwerf
On the mechanism of activation of the
BLUF domain of AppA
Biochemistry 45, 2006, p. 51-60
2005
J.T.M. Kennis, D.S. Larsen, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Vengris,
J.J. van Thor, R. van Grondelle
Uncovering the hidden ground state of
green fluorescent protein
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101,
2004, p. 17988-17993
M. Gauden, S. Yeremenko, W. Laan, I.H.M.
van Stokkum, J.A. Ihalainen, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, J.T.M. Kennis
Photocycle of the flavin-binding
photoreceptor AppA, a bacterial transcriptional anti-repressor of
photosynthesis genes
Biochemistry 44, 2005, p. 3653-3662
R.E. Palacios, S.L. Gould, C. Herrero, M.
Hambourger, A. Brune, G. Kodis, P.A. Liddell, J.T.M. Kennis, A.N. Macpherson, D. Gust, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore
Bioinspired energy conversion
Pure Appl. Chem. 77, 2005, p. 1001-1008
2004
J.T.M.
Kennis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, S. Crosson, M. Gauden,
K. Moffat, R. van Grondelle
The LOV2 domain of phototropin: A
reversible photochromic switch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 2004, p.
4512-4513
G. Kodis, C. Herrero, R. Palacios, E.
Mariño-Ochoa, S. Gould, L. de la Garza, R. van Grondelle, D. Gust, T.A. Moore,
A.L. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis
Light harvesting and photoprotective
functions of carotenoids in compact artificial photosynthetic antenna designs
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 2004, p.
414-425
N.E. Holt, J.T.M. Kennis, G.R. Fleming
Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion
studies of light harvesting by b-carotene in oxygenic photosynthetic core proteins
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 2004, p.
19029-19035
2003
J.T.M.
Kennis, S. Crosson, M. Gauden, I.H.M. van Stokkum,
K. Moffat, R. van Grondelle
Primary reactions of the LOV2 domain of
phototropin, a plant blue-light photoreceptor
Biochemistry 42, 2003, p. 3385-3392
E. Papagiannakis, S.K. Das, A. Gall, I.H.M.
van Stokkum, B. Robert, R. van Grondelle, H.A. Frank, J.T.M. Kennis
Light harvesting by carotenoids incorporated
into the B850 light-harvesting complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26.1:
Excited-state relaxation, ultrafast triplet formation and energy transfer to
bacteriochlorophyll
J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2003, p.
5642-5649
N.E. Holt, J.T.M. Kennis, L. Dall'Osto, R. Bassi, G.R. Fleming
Carotenoid to chlorophyll energy
transfer in light harvesting complex II from Arabidopsis thaliana probed by
femtosecond fluorescence upconversion
Chem. Phys. Lett. 379, 2003, p.
305-313
D.S. Larsen, E. Papagiannakis, I.H.M. van
Stokkum, M. Vengris, J.T.M. Kennis,
R. van Grondelle
Excited state dynamics of b-carotene explored with dispersed
multi-pulse transient absorption
Chem. Phys. Lett. 381, 2003, p.
733-742
F.L. de Weerd, J.T.M. Kennis, J.P. Dekker, R. van Grondelle
b-Carotene to chlorophyll singlet
energy transfer in the photosystem I core of Synechococcus elongatus proceeds
via the b-carotene S2
and S1 states
J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2003, p.
5995-6002
2002
E. Papagiannakis, J.T.M. Kennis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R.J. Cogdell, R. van Grondelle
An alternative
carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer pathway in photosynthetic
light harvesting
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 2002,
p. 6017-6022
J.T.M. Kennis, D.S. Larsen, K. Ohta, M.T. Facciotti, R.M. Glaeser, G.R. Fleming
Ultrafast Protein Dynamics of
Bacteriorhodopsin Probed by Photon Echo and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 2002, p. 6067-6080
2001
C.C. Gradinaru, J.T.M. Kennis, E. Papagiannakis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R.J. Cogdell,
G.R. Fleming, R.A. Niederman, R. van Grondelle
An unusual pathway of excitation energy
deactivation in carotenoids: Singlet-to-triplet conversion on an ultrafast
timescale in a photosynthetic antenna
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 2001,
p. 2364-2369
B. Gobets, J.T.M. Kennis, J.A. Ihalainen, M. Brazzoli, R. Croce, I.H.M. van
Stokkum, R. Bassi, J.P. Dekker, H. van Amerongen, G.R. Fleming, R. van
Grondelle
Excitation energy transfer in dimeric
light-harvesting complex I: a combined streak-camera/fluorescence upconversion
study
J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 2001, p.
10132-10139
J.T.M.
Kennis, B. Gobets, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.P. Dekker,
R. van Grondelle, G.R. Fleming
Light harvesting by chlorophylls and
carotenoids in the photosystem I core complex of Synechococcus elongatus.
A fluorescence upconversion study
J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 2001, p.
4485-4494
20th century
Vulto SIE, Kennis JTM, Streltsov AM, Amesz J, Aartsma TJ
Energy
relaxation within the B850 absorption band of the isolated light-harvesting
complex LH2 from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila at low temperature
J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 1999, 878-883
Kennis JTM, Shkuropatov AY, van Stokkum IHM, Gast P, Hoff AJ, Shuvalov VA, Aartsma TJ
Formation
of a long-lived P(+)B(A)(-)state in plant pheophytin-exchanged reaction centers
of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 at low temperature
Biochemistry 36, 1997, 16231-16238
Kennis JTM, Streltsov AM, Permentier H, Aartsma TJ, Amesz J
Exciton
coherence and energy transfer in the LH2 antenna complex of Rhodopseudomonas
acidophila at low temperature
J.
Phys. Chem. B 101, 1997, 8369-8374
Kennis JTM, Streltsov AM, Vulto SIE, Aartsma TJ, Nozawa T, Amesz J
Femtosecond
dynamics in isolated LH2 complexes of various species of purple bacteria
J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 1997, 7827-7834
Kennis JTM, Streltsov AM, Aartsma TJ, Nozawa T, Amesz J
Energy
transfer and exciton coupling in isolated B800-850 complexes of the
photosynthetic purple sulfur bacterium chromatium tepidum. The effect of
structural symmetry on bacteriochlorophyll excited states
J. Phys. Chem. 100, 1996,
2438-2442
J.T.M. Kennis, T.J. Aartsma, J. Amesz
Energy transfer between antenna complexes
in the purple sulfur bacteria chromatium tepidum and chromatium vinosum Chem. Phys. 194, 1995, 285-289
J.T.M. Kennis, T.J. Aartsma, J. Amesz
Energy trapping in
the purple sulfur bacteria chromatium vinosum and chromatium tepidum
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1188, 1994, 278-286
P.C.M. Planken,
L.D. Noordam, J.T.M. Kennis, A.
Lagendijk
Femtosecond time-resolved study of the
generation and propagation of phonon polaritons in LiNbO3
Phys. Rev. B 45, 1992, 7106-7114.
H.J. Bakker, J.T.M. Kennis, H.J. Kop, A. Lagendijk
Generation of intense picosecond pulses
tunable between 1.2 mm and 8.7 mm
Optics
Comm. 86, 1991, 58-64
Conference
Proceedings
M. Gauden, W. Laan, J.M. Key, I.H.M. van
Stokkum, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis, The Photochemistry of Novel Flavin-Binding
Photoreceptors In Femtochemistry VII,
Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics and Biology (eds. A.
Castleman and M.L. Kimble), Elsevier, Amsterdam 2006 p. 321-330
R. Berera, I.H.M. van Stokkum, C. Herrero,
M. Vengris, G. Kodis, R.E. Palacios, H. van Amerongen, R. van Grondelle, D.
Gust, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis, A simple light-harvesting
dyad as a mimic of nonphotochemical quenching in green plants, In Femtochemistry VII, Fundamental Ultrafast
Processes in Chemistry, Physics and Biology (eds. A. Castleman and M.L.
Kimble), Elsevier, Amsterdam 2006 p. 321-330
M. Gauden, S. Crosson, I.H.M. van Stokkum,
R.van Grondelle, K. Moffat, J.T.M.
Kennis, Low-temperature and
time-resolved spectroscopic characterization of the LOV2 domain of Avena sativa
phototropin In Femtosecond Laser
Applications in Biology (ed. S. Avrillier, J.M. Tualle), Proceedings of
SPIE, SPIE Bellingham, WA 5463, 2004, p. 97-104
Alexandre, M. T. A., van Wilderen,
L. J. G. W., van Grondelle, R., Hellingwerf, K. J., Groot, M. L., and Kennis, J. T. M., Primary reactions of
the LOV2 domain of phototropin studied with ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy
in Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to
Global Perspectives (van der Est, A., and Bruce, D., Eds.) 2005, pp
1035-1037, the International Society of Photosynthesis, Montreal
R. Berera, R. Palacios,
M. Vengris, G. Kodis, R. van Grondelle, H. van Amerongen, D. Gust, T.A. Moore,
A.L. Moore, J.T.M Kennis, Tetrapyrrole
singlet excited state quenching by covalently linked carotenoids of different
conjugation length, in
Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to
Global Perspectives (van der Est, A., and Bruce, D., Eds.) 2005, pp
1075-1077, the International Society of Photosynthesis, Montreal
C. Bonetti, L.J.G.W.
van Wilderen, R. van Grondelle, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis, b-carotene in organic solvent studied by femtosecond
mid-infrared pump-probe spectroscopy, in Photosynthesis: Fundamental
Aspects to Global Perspectives (van der Est, A., and Bruce, D., Eds.) 2005,
pp 167-169, the International Society of Photosynthesis, Montreal
J.T.M.
Kennis, D.S Larsen, K. Ohta, M.T. Facciotti, R.M.
Glaeser and G.R. Fleming
‘Protein dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin
probed by photon echo and transient absorption spectroscopy’ 2002 Ultrafast Phenomena XIII, (R.J.D. Miller, A.M. Weiner, M.M.
Murnane, N.F. Scherer, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York.
E. Papagiannakis, J.T.M. Kennis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R.J. Cogdell and R. van
Grondelle ‘A new carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer pathway in
photosynthetic light harvesting’ 2001
Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis.
F. R. Novak, J.T.M. Kennis, E.M. Franken, A. Ya.
Shkuropatov, A. Yakovlev, P. Gast, A.J. Hoff, T.J. Aartsma and V.A.
Shuvalov. ‘The
energy level of P(+)B(-) in plant pheophytin-exchanged bacterial reaction
centers probed by the temperature dependence of the delayed fluorescence. 1998 Photosyntesis: Mechanisms and
Effects (G. Garab, ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Vol. II,
pp. 783-786.
J.T.M.
Kennis, A.M. Streltsov, S.I.E. Vulto, T.J. Aartsma,
J. Amesz ‘Excited state dynamics and exciton delocalization in photosynthetic
light harvesting complexes at low temperature’
1996 Ultrafast Phenomena X (eds. P.F. Barbera, J.G. Fujimoto, W.H
Knox, W. Zinth), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 318-319.
J.T.M.
Kennis, A.M. Streltsov, T.J. Aartsma, T. Nozawa, J.
Amesz ‘Energy transfer and exciton
coupling in LH2 complexes of Chromatium
tepidum. 1995 Photosynthesis:
From light to biosphere (p. Mathis, ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 355-356.