Winkler, Jay R. and Di Bilio, Angel J. and Farrow, Neil A. and Richards, John H. and Gray, Harry B. (1999) Electron tunneling in biological molecules. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 71 (9). pp. 1753-1764. ISSN 0033-4545. doi:10.1351/pac199971091753. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150428-092352002
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Abstract
Electron transfers in photosynthesis and respiration commonly occur between protein-bound prosthetic groups that are separated by large molecular distances (often greater than 10Å). Although the electron donors and acceptors are expected to be weakly coupled, the reactions are remarkably fast and proceed with high specificity. Tunneling timetables based on analyses of Fe^(2+)/Cu^+ to Ru^(3+) electron-transfer rates for Ru-modified heme and copper proteins reveal that the structure of the intervening polypeptide can control these distant donor-acceptor couplings. Multistep tunneling can account for the relatively rapid Cu^+ to Re^(2+) electron transfer observed in Re-modified azurin.
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| Additional Information: | © 1999 IUPAC. Our work on protein electron transfer is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. | |||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 9 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1351/pac199971091753 | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Electron tunneling in biological molecules J. R. Winkler, Angel J. Di Bilio, N. A. Farrow, J. H. Richards and H. B. Gray p. 1753 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
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