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Photoselection Polarization Experiments Reveal Ultrafast Electron Hopping Between Distinct Aromatic Residues in the Flavoprotein DNA Photolyase

  • Andras Lukacs
  • , André P.M. Eker
  • , Martin Byrdin
  • , Klaus Brettel
  • , Marten H. Vos

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Abstract

Flavin-excitation initiated electron transfer along three tryptophan amino acids in DNA photolyase was studied. Combining ultrafast polarization and side directed mutagenesis approaches the chain was shown to allow very efficient long-range transprotein electrontransfer in picoseconds.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Series in Chemical Physics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages604-606
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Chemical Physics
Volume92
ISSN (Print)0172-6218

Keywords

  • Flavin Cofactor
  • Pump Pulse
  • Transient Spectrum
  • Tryptophan Amino Acid
  • Ultrafast Electron

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