| Autor: |
Leandro C. Tabares, Ankur Gupta, Thijs J. Aartsma, Gerard W. Canters |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Molecules, Vol 19, Iss 8, Pp 11660-11678 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1420-3049 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/molecules190811660 |
| Popis: |
Nature utilizes oxido-reductases to cater to the energy demands of most biochemical processes in respiratory species. Oxido-reductases are capable of meeting this challenge by utilizing redox active sites, often containing transition metal ions, which facilitate movement and relocation of electrons/protons to create a potential gradient that is used to energize redox reactions. There has been a consistent struggle by researchers to estimate the electron transfer rate constants in physiologically relevant processes. This review provides a brief background on the measurements of electron transfer rates in biological molecules, in particular Cu-containing enzymes, and highlights the recent advances in monitoring these electron transfer events at the single molecule level or better to say, at the individual event level. |
| Databáze: |
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