Differential charge polarization of axial histidines in bacterial reaction centers balances the asymmetry of the special pair

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 9626-9627

  Alia, A ^a   Wawrzyniak, Piotr K ^a   Janssen, Geertje J ^a   Buda, Francesco ^a   Matysik, Jörg ^a   De Groot, Huub J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVELS; BACTERIAL REACTION; BALANCING MECHANISMS; CHARGE POLARIZATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHEMICAL ENERGY; COULOMB BARRIER; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ELECTRON DENSITIES; KINETIC BARRIER; LIGHT ENERGY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NMR DATA; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; POSITIVE CHARGES; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFERS; SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PROTON TRANSFER; PROTONS; SEPARATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN; IMIDAZOLE; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLARIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HISTIDINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 67650507154     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9028507     Document Type: Article

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