Spin-lattice relaxation of coupled metal-radical spin-dimers in proteins: Application to Fe2+-cofactor (QA, QB, Φ) dimers in reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2440-2456

  Calvo, Rafael ^a,b   Isaacson, Roger A ^b   Abresch, Edward C ^b   Okamura, Melvin Y ^b   Feher, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; IRON; LANTHANIDE; PHEOPHYTIN; PROTEIN; FREE RADICAL; METALLOPROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

BIOPHYSICS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; IRON; KINETICS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0036841149     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75256-9     Document Type: Article

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