Abstract:
:The bridging element for electron transfer in proteins is the hydrogen bond according to the new experimental perspective in preference to carbon-carbon σ-bond presently used. The purpose of this study is to identify an alternative pathway linked by hydrogen bonds suitable for electron transfer from heme-Fe of cytochrome c to subunit II-CuA of cytochrome a. A pathway consisting of 15 delocalized electron systems including peptide bonds, 5 polar groups of side chains of amino acid residues and 8 water molecules, linked by 27 hydrogen bonds, exists between the two metal electron centers of heme-Fe of cytochrome c, cytochrome c and of subunit II-CuA of cytochrome a. Pathways built of delocalized π-electron systems, polar groups and water molecules linked by hydrogen bonds may be considered for intramolecular and intermolecular electron transfer in proteins.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Ramasarma T,Vaigundan Ddoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.141subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-28 00:00:00pages
445-447issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(18)32074-6journal_volume
505pub_type
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