title: Protein electron transfer rates set by the bridging secondary and tertiary structure.
abstract: The rate of long-distance electron transfer in proteins rapidly decreases with distance, which is indicative of an electron tunneling process. Calculations predict that the distance dependence of electron transfer in native proteins is controlled by the protein's structural motif. The helix and sheet content of a protein and the tertiary arrangement of these secondary structural units define the distance dependence of electronic coupling in that protein. The calculations use a tunneling pathway model applied previously with success to ruthenated proteins. The analysis ranks the average distance decay constant for electronic coupling in electron transfer proteins and identifies the amino acids that are coupled to the charge localization site more strongly or weakly than average for their distance.
authors.affiliation: Beratan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Beratan
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Betts
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Onuchic
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001400:Azurin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015786:Cytochromes b5 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008433:Mathematics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D009211:Myoglobin; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C007943:high potential iron-sulfur protein; D001400:Azurin; D015786:Cytochromes b5; C017167:cytochrome C(551)