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Submillisecond Conformational Changes in Proteins Resolved by Photothermal Beam Deflection
Published on: February 18, 2014
[Effect of molecular dynamics on the photoinduced electron transfer in eosin-myoglobin complex]
Abstract:
The temperature dependence of the rate constant of photoinduced electron transfer in the modified eosin-myoglobin complex by monitoring of the phosphorescence quenching of eosin is measured. The values of electron transfer rate constants are equal 10(2) + 10(3) s-1 in the temperature region 150-200 K. The kinetics of relaxation of the maximum of the time-resolved phosphorescence spectra of eosin on apomyoglobin is measured in the same temperature range. The solvation relaxation of the time-resolved phosphorescence spectra is nonexponential. The characteristic times of the solvation relaxation are given 10(-2) + 10(-4) s-1, that correlate with the time of electron transfer in this system. It was observed the "acceleration" of the relaxation rate of the time-resolved phosphorescence spectra of eosin in metmyoglobin due to nonequilibrium photoinduced electron transfer. The role of the matrix dynamics in photoinduced electron transfer in proteins is discussed.
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