Marked changes in electron transport through the blue copper protein azurin in the solid state upon deuteration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-512

  Amdursky, Nadav ^a   Pecht, Israel ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Current voltage; Protein monolayer; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; COPPER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; AZURIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872203287     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210457110     Document Type: Article

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