title: Electrochemical and structural coupling of the naphthoquinone amino acid.
abstract: As a prelude to engineering artificial energy conversion proteins emulating biology, we examine the inclusion of a synthetic naphthoquinone amino acid in a characterized host-guest protein and determine the effects of its quinone and hydroquinone forms on the helix-coil distribution.
authors.affiliation: The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: Veronica R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Moorman
authors.forename: José F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cerda
authors.forename: A Joshua
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wand
authors.forename: P Leslie
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dutton
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D010455:Peptides