Determining complete electron flow in the cofactor photoreduction of oxidized photolyase

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

Volumn 110, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 12966-12971

  Liu, Zheyun ^a   Tan, Chuang ^a   Guo, Xunmin ^a   Li, Jiang ^a   Wang, Lijuan ^a   Sancar, Aziz ^b   Zhong, Dongping ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron flow directionality; Femtosecond dynamics; Flavin photoreduction; Protein electron transfer; Reduction potential funnel

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOREDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ELECTRON FLOW DIRECTIONALITY; FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS; FLAVIN PHOTOREDUCTION; PROTEIN ELECTRON TRANSFER; REDUCTION POTENTIAL FUNNEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYPTOCHROMES; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84881455431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311073110     Document Type: Article

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