title: The role of electrostatic interactions in the process of diffusional encounter and docking of electron transport proteins.
abstract: Electrostatic interaction of plastocyanin and cytochrome f in the process of protein-protein complex formation was investigated by computer simulation methods. It was shown that long-range electrostatic interaction promotes energetically favorable mutual orientation of protein molecules at distances between their cofactors shorter than 5 nm. At distances shorter than 3 nm, these electrostatic interactions lead to a significantly detectable increase in the rate of convergence of the cofactors.
authors.affiliation: Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia. ikovalenko78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.affiliation: Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Khrushchev
authors.affiliation: Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Fedorov
authors.affiliation: Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: G Yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Riznichenko
authors.affiliation: Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D029688:Brassica napus; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D045348:Cytochromes f / Q000737:chemistry*; D004058:Diffusion; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010970:Plastocyanin / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D012996:Solutions; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D018724:Spinacia oleracea; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012996:Solutions; D012997:Solvents; D003300:Copper; D010970:Plastocyanin; D045348:Cytochromes f