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Electron Transfer in Peptides with Cysteine and Methionine as Relay Amino Acids
Author(s) -
Wang Min,
Gao Jian,
Müller Pavel,
Giese Bernd
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200900827
Subject(s) - cysteine , methionine , electron transfer , amino acid , chemistry , proton coupled electron transfer , relay , proton , photochemistry , biochemistry , physics , enzyme , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Caught on the hop : In multistep electron transfer (ET) reactions through peptides, aliphatic amino acids can also act as relay stations. With cysteine, the reaction occurs as a proton‐coupled electron transfer (PCET) with water used as a mediator for the proton transfer (see picture).