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Is light-driven electron transfer in the bacterial reaction centre influenced by conformational changes?
Reference
B15781
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Mike Jones
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Bristol
Department
Biochemistry
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
167,416
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/12/2001
End date
01/12/2004
Duration
36 months
Abstract
Certain aspects of biological electron transfer in complex, multi-centre redox proteins remain poorly understood. One of these is the influence of conformational changes on the characteristics of electron transfer. In the bacterial reaction centre, it is widely assumed that picosecond time scale electron transfer is accompanied by small changes in the structure of the protein-cofactor matrix. Although there are some indications as to what these conformational change might be, their nature remains largely unexplored. This work seeks to address this topic, and to explore how changes in the dynamic properties of the protein-cofactor matrix affect the rate and yield of electron transfer in the reaction centre.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
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