The mechanism of long-range electron transfer between the primary and the secondary quinone of photosynthetic reaction centers has been investigated, with particular attention on the role of the iron-histidine bridge. Computations suggest that in such a system, where the molecular subunits are packed together by H-bonds, a mobile electron, injected on one end of the chain, can be carried to the other end by switching the positions of the H-bonded hydrogens. Energy estimates would suggest that the proposed mechanism is plausible and worthy of further experimental investigations. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
A plausible mechanism of electron transfer between quinones in photosynthetic reaction centers
PELUSO, Andrea;
2000-01-01
Abstract
The mechanism of long-range electron transfer between the primary and the secondary quinone of photosynthetic reaction centers has been investigated, with particular attention on the role of the iron-histidine bridge. Computations suggest that in such a system, where the molecular subunits are packed together by H-bonds, a mobile electron, injected on one end of the chain, can be carried to the other end by switching the positions of the H-bonded hydrogens. Energy estimates would suggest that the proposed mechanism is plausible and worthy of further experimental investigations. (C) 2000 Academic Press.File in questo prodotto:
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