Multifunctional Cytochrome c: Learning New Tricks from an Old Dog

D Alvarez-Paggi, L Hannibal, MA Castro… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a small soluble heme protein characterized by a relatively flexible
structure, particularly in the ferric form, such that it is able to sample a broad conformational …

Reorganization energy of electron transfer

DV Matyushov - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The theory of electron transfer reactions establishes the conceptual foundation for redox
solution chemistry, electrochemistry, and bioenergetics. Electron and proton transfer across …

Structure of a mitochondrial cytochrome c conformer competent for peroxidase activity

LJ McClelland, TC Mou… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
At the onset of apoptosis, the peroxidation of cardiolipin at the inner mitochondrial
membrane by cytochrome c requires an open coordination site on the heme. We report a …

Tuning proton transfer thermodynamics in SARS-CoV-2 main protease: implications for catalysis and inhibitor design

L Zanetti-Polzi, MD Smith, C Chipot… - The journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The catalytic reaction in SARS-CoV-2 main protease is activated by a proton transfer (PT)
from Cys145 to His41. The same PT is likely also required for the covalent binding of some …

Applicability of perturbed matrix method for charge transfer studies at bio/metallic interfaces: a case of azurin

OV Kontkanen, D Biriukov, Z Futera - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As the field of nanoelectronics based on biomolecules such as peptides and proteins rapidly
grows, there is a need for robust computational methods able to reliably predict charge …

Electron-transfer chain in respiratory complex I

DR Martin, DV Matyushov - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Complex I is a part of the respiration energy chain converting the redox energy into the cross-
membrane proton gradient. The electron-transfer chain of iron-sulfur cofactors within the …

Theoretical modeling of redox potentials of biomolecules

CG Chen, AN Nardi, A Amadei, M D'Abramo - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The estimation of the redox potentials of biologically relevant systems by means of
theoretical-computational approaches still represents a challenge. In fact, the size of these …

Theory and Electrochemistry of Cytochrome c

SS Seyedi, MM Waskasi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Extensive simulations of cytochrome c in solution are performed to address the apparent
contradiction between large reorganization energies of protein electron transfer typically …

Molecularly wiring of Cytochrome c with carboxylic acid functionalized hydroquinone on MWCNT surface and its bioelectrocatalytic reduction of H2O2 relevance to …

M Gandhi, D Rajagopal, AS Kumar - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The electron-transport chain that involves a proton-coupled electron-transfer (ET) reaction
between hydroquinone (H 2 Q) and Cytochrome c (Cyt c) in the acid pool is one of the key …

Contributions to cytochrome c inner-and outer-sphere reorganization energy

S Chattopadhyay, M Mukherjee, B Kandemir… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cytochromes c are small water-soluble proteins that catalyze electron transfer in metabolism
and energy conversion processes. Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552 …