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Time to cover ~10Å in the electron transfer step from reduced BPh- to QA (the 2nd fastest chemical reaction known in biology)

Value	200 picosec
Organism	bacteria
Reference	biophysics textbook online Golbeck, chapter 3, Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: So little time, so much to do, p.7 right column 3rd paragraph
Comments	picosec=10^-12 sec. BPh- is oxidized bacterio- pheophytin. QA is quinone
Entered by	Uri M
ID	107122