title: Engineering protein structure for electron transfer function in photosynthetic reaction centers.
abstract: A basic relationship is defined that incorporates the three parameters that effectively modulate the rate of intraprotein electron transfer, namely distance, free energy and reorganization energy. This empirically validated relationship is used to explore the minimal requirements for protein-catalyzed conversion of excited electronic states into stable charge separated states, the essence of photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dutton
mesh_terms: D004579:Electron Transport; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D015202:Protein Engineering
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins