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Analytical expressions for the electronic transition dipole moment time-correlation function and the homogeneous absorption line shape function of excitonically coupled systems, showing both lower and upper excitonic states, are derived. This correlation function is based on an experimentally determined one-phonon profile of the surroundings of the photosynthetic protein. The resultant asymmetric spectral density of the surrounding protein phonons, caused by the unequal contribution from the protein phonons to the low- and high-energy sides of the spectra, manifests itself in the phonon sideband in the absorption spectrum. The protein asymmetric spectral density will give rise to an electronic transition dipole moment time-correlation function that can characterize the nature of electron\u2013phonon, exciton\u2013phonon, and phonon relaxation couplings. As such, one can fine-tune the exciton\u2013phonon coupling strength caused by the protein phonon. To explore the dynamical attributes of the asymmetric spectral density and their impact on the transition dipole moment correlation function, linear homogeneous absorption, spectral hole-burning, line narrowing fluorescence (FLN), and difference FLN spectra of the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein (WSCP) are computed using two- and three-state models, showing excellent agreement with experiment [Pieper et\u00a0al., J. Phys. Chem. B 115(14), 4042 (2011) and Pieper et\u00a0al., J. Phys. Chem. B 115(14), 4053 (2011)]. The two-state model considers only the ground electronic and lower excitonic states that account for pure electronic dephasing, whereas the three-state model considers the ground electronic, lower excitonic, and upper excitonic states, in which pure electronic dephasing in the lower excitonic state and excitonic relaxation in the upper excitonic state are accounted for. 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