Open AccessRadicals and Radical Ions as Intermediates of Electron Transfer Processes through Peptides
Author(s) -
Bernd Giese,
Sonja Eckhardt,
Miriam Lauz,
Jian Gao,
Min Wang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2012.364
Subject(s) - radical , chemistry , electron transfer , ion , photochemistry , reactive intermediate , organic chemistry , catalysis
Electron transfer (ET) through peptides and proteins is a key biochemical process, which involves radicals and radical ions as reactive intermediates. We have developed an assay that allows us to study this fundamental chemical reaction.