Publications


Peer-reviewed journals

68. M. Luck, T. Mathes, S. Bruun, R. Fudim, R. Hagedorn, T.M. Nguyen, S. Kateriya, J.T.M. Kennis, P. Hildebrandt, P. Hegemann J Biol Chem  (2012) in press A photochromic             histidine kinase rhodopsin (HKR1) rhat is bimodally switched by UV and blue light

67.  T. Mathes, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Stierl, J.T.M. Kennis J Biol Chem  (2012) in press Redox modulation of flavin and tyrosine determines photoinduced proton-coupled electron     transfer and photoactivation of BLUF photoreceptors  

66. M. Kloz, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis Chem Phys Lett (2012) 544, 94-101 Correction for the time dependent inner filter effect caused by transient absorption in                       femtosecond stimulated Raman experiment

65. J.Y, Zhu, T. Mathes, A.D. Stahl, J.T.M. Kennis, M.L. Groot  Optics Express. (2012) 20, 10562-10571 Ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy by chirped pulse upconversion in 1800-1000          cm-1 region

64. M. Kloz, S. Pillai, G. Kodis, D. Gust, T.A. Moore, A. L. Moore, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis  Chem Sci (2012) 3, 2052-2061 New light-harvesting roles of hot and forbidden       carotenoid states in artificial photosynthetic constructs 

63. T. Mathes, J. Zhu, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M.L. Groot, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis J Phys Chem Lett (2012) 3, 203-208 Hydrogen bond switching among flavin and amino acids determines the nature of proton-coupled electron transfer in BLUF photoreceptors

62. P.N. Liao, S. Pillai, D. Gust, M. Kloz, A.L. Moore, T.A. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle, P.J. Walla Photosynth Res (2012) 111, 237-243 On the role of excitonic interactions in carotenoid-phthalocyanine dyads and implication in photosynthetic regulation

61. M. Kloz, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis Phys Chem Chem Phys (2011) 13, 18123-18133 Wavelength-modulated femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy – approach towards automatic data processing

60. M. Di Donato, L.J.G.W. van Wilderen, I.H.M. Van Stokkum, T.A. Cohen Stuart, J.T.M. Kennis, K.J. Hellingwerf, R. van Grondelle, M.L. Groot Phys Chem Chem Phys (2011) 13, 16295-16305 Proton transfer events in GFP

59. A. Gall, R. Berera, M.T.A. Alexandre, A.A Pascal, L. Bordes, M.M. Mendes-Pinto, S. Andrianambinintsoa, K.V. Stoitchkova, A. Marin, L. Valkunas, P. Horton, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle, A. Ruban, B. Robert Biophys. J. 101 (2011) 934-942 Molecular adaptation of photoprotection: triplet states in light-harvesting proteins

58. T. Mathes, I.H. M. van Stokkum, C. Bonetti, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis  J Phys Chem B 115 (2011) 7963-7971. The hydrogen-bond switch reaction of the BlrB BLUF domain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

57. K.C. Toh, E. Stojkovic, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K. Moffat, J.T.M. Kennis Phys Chem Chem Phys, 13 (2011) 11985-11997 Fluorescence quantum yield and photochemistry of  bacteriophytochrome constructs

56. A.M. Rupenyan, J. Vreede, van Stokkum, I.H.M., M. Hospes, J.T.M. Kennis, K.J. Hellingwerf, M.-L. Groot, J Phys Chem B 115 (2011) 6668-6677 Proline 68 tunes photochemistry yield in Photoactive Yellow Protein

55. M. Kloz, S. Pillai, G. Kodis, D. Gust, T.A. Moore, A. L. Moore, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis J Am Chem Soc 133 (2011) 7007-7015 Carotenoid photoprotection in artificial photosynthetic antennas

54. K.C. Toh, E. Stojkovic, A.Rupenyan, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M.L. Groot, K. Moffat, J.T.M. Kennis J. Phys Chem A, 115 (2011) 3778-3786. Invited paper for the Graham Fleming Festschrift. Primary photochemistry of bacteriophytochrome observed with ultrafast mid-IR spectroscopy

53. I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Gauden, S. Crosson, R. van Grondelle, K. Moffat, J.T.M. Kennis Photochem Photobiol 87 (2011) 534-541 The primary photophysics of the Avena sativa phototropin 1 LOV2 domain observed with time-resolved emission spectroscopy

52. K.C. Toh, E. Stojkovic, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K. Moffat, J.T.M. Kennis Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107 (2010) 9170 – 9175 Proton transfer and hydrogen bond interactions determine fluorescence quantum yield and photochemical efficiency of bacteriophytochrome

51. C. Bonetti, M.T.A. Alexandre, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R. Hiller, R. van Grondelle, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis Phys Chem Chem Phys, 12, (2010), 9256-9266 Identification of excited-state energy transfer and relaxation pathways in the peridinin-chlorophyll complex: an ultrafast mid-infrared study

50. M.T.A. Alexandre, E.B. Purcell, R. van Grondelle, B. Robert, J.T.M. Kennis, S. Crosson       Biochemistry 49, (2010), 4752-4759 Electronic and protein structural dynamics of a photosensory histidine kinase

49. R. Berera, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle, J.P. Dekker Chem Phys 372 (2010), 65-70 The light-harvesting function of carotenoids in the cyanobacterial stress-inducible IsiA complex

48. 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., J.T.M. Kennis. Biochemistry, 48 (2009) 11458-11469 The Role of Key Amino Acids in the Photoactivation Pathway of the Synechocystis Slr1694 BLUF Domain

47. Alexandre, M.T.A., Domratcheva, T., Bonetti, C., Wilderen, L.J.G.W. van, Grondelle R. van, Groot M.L., Hellingwerf K.J., J.T.M. Kennis Biophys J 97 (2009) 227-237 Primary Reactions of the LOV2 Domain of Phototropin Studied with Ultrafast Mid-infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry 

46. Alexandre M.T.A, Grondelle, R. van, Hellingwerf K.J., J.T.M. Kennis  Biophys J 97 (2009)  238-247. 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

45. Berera, R., Grondelle, R. van, and J.T.M. Kennis Photosynth Res 101 (2009) 105-118. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems.

44. Berera R., Stokkum I.H.M. van, d'Haene S., J.T.M. Kennis, Grondelle, R. van, Dekker, J.P. Biophys J 96 (2009) 2261-2267. A Mechanism of Energy Dissipation in Cyanobacteria

42. Bonetti, C., Alexandre, M.T.A., Hiller, R.G., J.T.M. Kennis., Grondelle, R. van Chem Phys, 357, 2009, p. 63-69. Chl-a triplet quenching by peridinin in H-PCP and organic solvent revealed by step-scan FTIR time-resolved spectroscopy

42. 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 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105 (2008) 12075-12080 A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor

41. C. Bonetti, T. Mathes, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K.M. Mullen, M.L. Groot, R. van Grondelle, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis Biophys J 95 (2008) 4790 - 4802 Hydrogen bond switching among flavin and amino acid side chains in the BLUF photoreceptor observed by ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

40. M.T.A. Alexandre, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, B. Robert, J.T.M. Kennis Phys Chem Chem Phys 10 (2008) 6693-6702 Perturbation of the ground-state electronic structure of FMN by the conserved cysteine in phototropin LOV2 domains

39. 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 Biophys J 95 (2008) 312-321 On the signaling mechanism and the absence of photoreversibility in the AppA BLUF domain

38. 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 Nature 450, 2007, p. 575-579 Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants

37. J.T.M. Kennis and S. Crosson Science 317 (2007) 1041-1042 A bacterial pathogen sees the light (Perspective, invited)

36. J.T.M. Kennis and M.L. Groot Current Opinion in Structural Biology 17, 2007, 623-630 Ultrafast spectroscopy of biological photoreceptors (invited)

35. 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 Biochemistry 46 (2007) 7405-7415 On the role of aromatic side chains in the photoactivation of BLUF domains

34. R. Berera, G. Kodis, A. Keirstead, S. Pillai, C. Herrero, R.E. Palacios, I.H. M. van Stokkum, R. van Grondelle, D. Gust, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis J Phys Chem B 111 (2007) 6868-6877 Energy transfer, excited-state deactivation and exciplex formation in artificial caroteno-phthalocyanine light harvesting dyads

33. M.T.A. Alexandre, J.C. Arents, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, J.T.M. Kennis Biochemistry 46 (2007) 3129-3137 A base-catalyzed mechanism for dark state recovery in the Avena sativa phototropin-1 LOV2 domain.

32. M.T.A. Alexandre, D.C. Luhrs, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R. Hiller, M.L. Groot, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle Biophys J 93, 2007, p. 2118-2128 Triplet state dynamics in peridinin–chlorophyll a–protein: A new pathway of photo-protection in LHCs?

31. R. 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 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 (2006) 5343-5348 A simple artificial light-harvesting dyad as a model for excess energy dissipation in oxygenic photosynthesis

30. M. Gauden, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.M. Key, D. Ch. Luhrs, R. van Grondelle, P. Hegemann, J.T.M. Kennis Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 (2006) 10895-10900 Hydrogen bond switching via a radical pair mechanism in a flavin-binding photoreceptor

29. 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 Photochem Photobiol Sci 2006, 5, p. 1152-1149  Charge separation and energy transfer in a caroteno–C60 dyad: photoinduced electron transfer from the carotenoid excited states

28. Palacios, R. E.; Kodis, G.; Herrero, C.; Ochoa, E. M.; Gervaldo, M.; Gould, S. L.; J.T.M. Kennis; Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L. J Phys Chem B 2006, 110, 25411-25420. Tetrapyrrole Singlet Excited State Quenching by Carotenoids in an Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna

27. I.H.M. van Stokkum, B. Gobets, T. Gensch, F. van Mourik, K.J. Hellingwerf, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis Photochem. Photobiol., 2006, 82, p. 380-388 (Sub)-picosecond spectral evolution of fluorescence in photoactive proteins studied with a Synchroscan streak camera system
26. W. Laan, M. Gauden, S. Yeremenko, R. van Grondelle, J.T.M. Kennis, K.J. Hellingwerf
Biochemistry 45, 2006, p. 51-60 On the mechanism of activation of the BLUF domain of AppA

25. M. Gauden, S. Yeremenko, W. Laan, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.A. Ihalainen, R. van Grondelle, K.J. Hellingwerf, J.T.M. Kennis Biochemistry 44, 2005, p. 3653-3662 Photocycle of the flavin-binding photoreceptor AppA, a bacterial transcriptional anti-repressor of photosynthesis genes

24. 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 Pure Appl Chem 77, 2005, p. 1001-1008 Bioinspired energy conversion

23. J.T.M. Kennis, D.S. Larsen, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Vengris, J.J. van Thor, R. van Grondelle
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101, 2004, p. 17988-17993 Uncovering the hidden ground state of green fluorescent protein

22. J.T.M. Kennis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, S. Crosson, M. Gauden, K. Moffat, R. van Grondelle
J Am Chem Soc 126, 2004, p. 4512-4513 The LOV2 domain of phototropin: A reversible photochromic switch

21. 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 J Phys Chem B 108, 2004, p. 414-425 Light harvesting and photoprotective functions of carotenoids in compact artificial photosynthetic antenna designs

20. N.E. Holt, J.T.M. Kennis, G.R. Fleming J Phys Chem B 108, 2004, p. 19029-19035 Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion studies of light harvesting by b-carotene in oxygenic photosynthetic core proteins

19. 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

18. E. Papagiannakis, S.K. Das, A. Gall, I.H.M. van Stokkum, B. Robert, R. van Grondelle, H.A. Frank, J.T.M. Kennis  J Phys Chem B 107, 2003, p. 5642-5649 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

17. N.E. Holt, J.T.M. Kennis, L. Dall'Osto, R. Bassi, G.R. Fleming Chem Phys Lett 379, 2003, p. 305-313 Carotenoid to chlorophyll energy transfer in light harvesting complex II from Arabidopsis thaliana probed by femtosecond fluorescence upconversion

16. D.S. Larsen, E. Papagiannakis, I.H.M. van Stokkum, M. Vengris, J.T.M. Kennis, R. van Grondelle Chem Phys Lett 381, 2003, p. 733-742 Excited state dynamics of b-carotene explored with dispersed multi-pulse transient absorption

15. F.L. de Weerd, J.T.M. Kennis, J.P. Dekker, R. van Grondelle J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2003, p. 5995-6002 b-Carotene to chlorophyll singlet energy transfer in the photosystem I core of Synechococcus elongatus proceeds via the b-carotene S2 and S1 states

14. E. Papagiannakis*, J.T.M. Kennis*, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R.J. Cogdell, R. van Grondelle
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99, 2002, p. 6017-6022 An alternative carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer pathway in photosynthetic light harvesting *shared first author

13. J.T.M. Kennis, D.S. Larsen, K. Ohta, M.T. Facciotti, R.M. Glaeser, G.R. Fleming J Phys Chem B 106, 2002, p. 6067-6080 Ultrafast Protein Dynamics of Bacteriorhodopsin Probed by Photon Echo and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

12. 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 Proc Natl Acad Sci  USA 98, 2001, p. 2364-2369 An unusual pathway of excitation energy deactivation in carotenoids: Singlet-to-triplet conversion on an ultrafast timescale in a photosynthetic antenna *shared first author

11. J.T.M. Kennis, B. Gobets, I.H.M. van Stokkum, J.P. Dekker, R. van Grondelle, G.R. Fleming J Phys Chem B 105, 2001, p. 4485-4494 Light harvesting by chlorophylls and carotenoids in the photosystem I core complex of Synechococcus elongatus. A fluorescence upconversion study

10. 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 J Phys Chem B 105, 2001. 10132-10139 Excitation energy transfer in dimeric light-harvesting complex I: a combined streak-camera/fluorescence upconversion study

9. S.I.E. Vulto, J.T.M. Kennis, A.M. Streltsov, J. Amesz, T.J. Aartsma J Phys Chem B 103, 1999, 878-883 Energy relaxation within the B850 absorption band of the isolated light-harvesting complex LH2 from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila at low temperature

8. J.T.M. Kennis, Shkuropatov AY, van Stokkum IHM, Gast P, Hoff AJ, Shuvalov VA, Aartsma TJ Biochemistry 36, 1997, 16231-16238 Formation of a long-lived P(+)B(A)(-)state in plant pheophytin-exchanged reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 at low temperature

7. J.T.M. Kennis, Streltsov AM, Permentier H, Aartsma TJ, Amesz J J Phys Chem B 101, 1997, 8369-8374 Exciton coherence and energy transfer in the LH2 antenna complex of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila at low temperature

6. J.T.M. Kennis, Streltsov AM, Vulto SIE, Aartsma TJ, Nozawa T, Amesz J J Phys Chem B 101, 1997, 7827-7834 Femtosecond dynamics in isolated LH2 complexes of various species of purple bacteria

5. J.T.M. Kennis, Streltsov AM, Aartsma TJ, Nozawa T, Amesz J J Phys Chem 100, 1996, 2438-2442 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

4. J.T.M. Kennis, T.J. Aartsma, J. Amesz Chem Phys 194, 1995, 285-289 Energy transfer between antenna complexes in the purple sulfur bacteria Chromatium tepidum and Chromatium vinosum

3. J.T.M. Kennis, T.J. Aartsma, J. Amesz Biochim Biophys Acta 1188, 1994, 278-286 Energy trapping in the purple sulfur bacteria Chromatium vinosum and Chromatium tepidum

2. P.C.M. Planken, L.D. Noordam, J.T.M. Kennis, A. Lagendijk Phys Rev B 45, 1992, 7106-7114.
Femtosecond time-resolved study of the generation and propagation of phonon polaritons in LiNbO3

1. H.J. Bakker, J.T.M. Kennis, H.J. Kop, A. Lagendijk Optics Comm 86, 1991, 58-64 Generation of intense picosecond pulses tunable between 1.2 mm and 8.7 mm

 

Book chapters

 

T. Mathes, I.H.M. van Stokkum and J.T.M. Kennis   Photoactivation mechanisms of flavin-binding photoreceptors revealed through ultrafast spectroscopy and global analysis methods In Flavins and Flavoproteins (eds. E. Schleicher and S. Weber), Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, to appear in 2012

 
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, 2006, 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, 2007, p 750-774.

J. Hendriks, M. A. van der Horst, T. K. Chua, M. Á. Pérez, L. J. van Wilderen, M. T. A. Alexandre, M.-L. Groot, J. T. M. Kennis and K. J. Hellingwerf Photoreceptor Proteins from Purple Bacteria,  in The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (C. Neil Hunter, Fevzi Daldal, Marion C. Thurnauer and J. Thomas Beatty, eds), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg., 2008,  p. 811-832.