Electron transfer properties

T Ichiye, RB Yelle, JB Koerner, PD Swartz, BW Beck. Molecular dynamics simulation studies of electron transfer properties of Ee-S proteins. Biomacromolecules Erom 3-D Structure to Applications. Hanford Symposium on Health and the Environment 34, Pasco, WA, 1995, pp 203-213. 

RB Yelle. Theoretical studies of the electron transfer properties of mbredoxm. Ph.D. Thesis. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1996. 

The benzannulation reaction of ethynylferrocene 120 with the diterpenoid chromium alkoxycarbene 119 leads to novel diterpenoid ferrocenyl quinones 121 which, due to their electron-transfer properties, are regarded as potential candidates for non-linear optical materials [71] (Scheme 52). 

Bertini I, Ciurli S, Luchinat C (1995) The Electronic Structure of FeS Centers in Proteins and Models. A Contribution to the Understanding of Their Electron Transfer Properties. 

The electron transfer properties of the cytochromes involve cycling of the iron between the +2 and +3 oxidation states (Cytochrome)Fe + e" (Cytochrome)Fe ° = -0.3Vto+ 0.4V Different cytochromes have different side groups attached to the porphyrin ring. These side groups modify the electron density in the delocalized iz system of the porphyrin, which in turn changes the redox potential of the iron cation in the heme. 

Whatever the reason may be behind the strict necessity to deprotonate the flavin donor, the reduced and deprotonated flavin was established in these model studies to be an efficient electron donor, able to reduce nucle-obases and oxetanes. In the model compounds 1 and 2 the pyrimidine dimer translates the electron transfer step into a rapidly detectable chemical cycloreversion reaction [47, 48], Incorporation of a flavin and of a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer into DNA double strands was consequently performed in order to analyse the reductive electron transfer properties of DNA. 

SAM of MPA. Interestingly, the electron transfer of Fe-SOD and Mn-SOD could not be facilitated by the SAM of cysteine even though the SAM of cysteine could be used for promoting the electron transfer of Cu, Zn-SOD [98], as described above. This again suggests the promoter-dependent nature of the electron transfer properties of the SODs. 

MPA-bridged SOD-electrode complex could be formed via a variety of interactions between MPA and the SODs, such as electrostatic, hydrophobic, and/or hydrogen bonding interactions, which is believed to be responsible for the observed direct electron transfer properties of the SODs. Besides, such interactions substantially enable the SODs to be stably confined at the MPA-modilied Au electrode, which can be further evident from the re-observation of the redox responses of SODs in a pure electrolyte solution containing no SOD with the MPA-modified electrode previously used in SOD solutions. 

On the basis of the direct electron transfer properties of SODs at the SAM-modified Au electrodes as described in the previous section, Ohsaka et al. have developed SOD-based third-generation 02, biosensors by immobilizing SODs... 

Spin trapping is an often-used technique in the study of possible radical production in biological systems (for reviews see Kalyanaraman, 1982 Mason, 1984 Mottley and Mason, 1989), particularly by the detection and monitoring of spin adducts of the hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl ( OOH) radicals in view of their relation to possible damage mechanisms. This is a large area of research which it is not possible to cover in a limited review, and the treatment will therefore be restricted to a discussion of the electron transfer properties of biochemical systems (for a review on the application of the Marcus theory to reactions between xenobiotics and redox proteins, see Eberson, 1985) and... 

Studies of the simple electron transfer properties of coordinated dioxygen are in a preliminary stage. The definition of reactivity patterns is obscured by inconsistencies and the lack of key pieces of information, as indicated by the comments above. Nevertheless, there is hope that some general features will emerge ... 

Mutations of Cytochrome c that Affect Electron Transfer Properties. 139... 

In the case of metalloproteins, at least two additional categories of mutation may be considered mutations that affect the coordination environment of the metal center and mutations that affect the ligand binding and/or electron transfer properties of the protein without modification of the coordination... 

A polymer containing anthracene, [Ru(bpy)3]2 , and [Os(bpy)3]2+ [all covalently linked to a 1 1 copolymer of styrene and m,p-(chlorome-thyl)styrene] has been prepared, and its emission spectrum and intramolecular electron-transfer properties have been studied (569). 

The discovery of electrical conductivity and superconductivity in crystalline materials derived from conventional molecular species effectively introduces a new area of synthetic chemistry. The conductivity is associated with specific molecular arrays and synthesis of the materials requires the ability to conceive and implement the preparation of a particular crystalline state. Molecular conductors are derived from pairs of redox reagents, an area where heterocyclic systems are well established. Placement of heteroatoms of selected electronegativity at chosen positions in a delocalized electron system offers a subtle and effective means for altering the orbital energies which ultimately control the electron transfer properties of redox reagents. 

Samples of HY zeolite were exhaustively treated with successive doses of tetramethylsilane in a static reactor at different temperatures in the range 250°-650°C. Rate data for methane evolution were obtained, and the kinetics were discussed. Silicon and some carbon were incorporated, giving gray materials parts of which were calcined in oxygen. Samples of the original H Y, the treated zeolite, and calcined materials were tested for their abilities to accept electrons from perylene and to isomerize cyclopropane and protoadamantane. The treated zeolite had good electron transfer properties but low and high activities for the isomerizations, respectively. However, the opposite was true for the calcined materials. These results are discussed in terms of the acidic properties of the modified zeolites. 

Catalytic and Electron Transfer Properties. The isomerization of cyclopropane on HY zeolites activated at temperatures less than 600° C is attributed to catalysis by Bronsted acid sites (12, 13), and the activation temperature for maximum activity was in the range 300°-400°C (13). On the other hand, rearrangement of protoadamantane to adamantane proceeds by hydride ion abstraction at Lewis acid sites (lfy. Materials B, therefore, appear to have good Bronsted activity (Figure 5) and in view... 

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