The energies of the low lying charge transfer states relevant for the photoinduced charge separation are analysed for Rps. viridis. The main prosthetic groups consisting of the special pair dimer P, the two adjacent monomers B L , and B M and the two pheophytines H L and H M are treated together with the surrounding residues quantum mechanically within a supermolecule approach on the basis of an INDO approximation. High order configuration interactions are incorporated to account for polarization effects and long range electrostatic effects of the protein are considered. The results are analyzed with regard to symmetry breaking effects between the L- and the M-branch. Internal reorganization effects within the dimer are also discussed.