Single electron localisation on the cystine/cysteine couple: sulphur or carbon?

Research on Chemical Intermediates

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-430

  Houee Levin C ^a   Berges J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Disulphide conformation; Disulphide one electron reduction; Disulphide radical; Quantum chemistry

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; ACTIVE SITE; ASPARTIC ACIDS; CARBON ATOMS; CARBONYL FUNCTION; CARBONYL GROUPS; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; DISULPHIDE ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTION; DISULPHIDE RADICAL; LOCALISATION; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; PROTEIN DAMAGE; REDOX PROCESS; SINGLE ELECTRON; SULPHUR ATOMS; THIOREDOXINS; WATER MOLECULE;

ATOMS; CARBONYLATION; ELECTRONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; SULFUR;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 77952544203     PISSN: 09226168     EISSN: 15685675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-009-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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