The effects of the conformational perturbations of individual moieties of the FMO BChls a on the pigment site-energies are strictly delineated
The stereoelectronic interplay of BChl molecular constituents are qualitatively described
A critical comparative analysis of the traditional method employed to delineate competing structural effects versus our new method is provided
The macrocycle conformational effect may be under evolutionary pressure to afford the observed distribution of site-energies