Origin of the multi-phasic quenching dynamics in the BLUF domains across the species

Y Zhou, S Tang, Z Chen, Z Zhou, J Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Blue light using flavin (BLUF) photoreceptors respond to light via one of nature's smallest
photo-switching domains. Upon photo-activation, the flavin cofactor in the BLUF domain …

Elementary Reactions in the Functional Triads of the Blue-Light Photoreceptor BLUF Domain

XW Kang, K Wang, X Zhang, D Zhong… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The blue light using the flavin (BLUF) domain is one of the smallest photoreceptors in
nature, which consists of a unique bidirectional electron-coupled proton relay process in its …

Dynamics and mechanism of DNA repair by a bifunctional cryptochrome

L Yan, X Cao, L Wang, J Chen, A Sancar… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Photolyase and cryptochrome belong to a group of structurally similar flavoproteins but with
two distinct functions of DNA repair as a photoenzyme and signal transduction as a …

Effects of nonequilibrium fluctuations on ultrafast short-range electron transfer dynamics

Y Lu, M Kundu, D Zhong - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
A variety of electron transfer (ET) reactions in biological systems occurs at short distances
and is ultrafast. Many of them show behaviors that deviate from the predictions of the classic …

Ultrafast dynamics of nonequilibrium short-range electron transfer in semiquinone flavodoxin

J Yang, Y Zhang, Y Lu, L Wang, F Lu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Short-range protein electron transfer (ET) is crucially important in light-induced biological
processes such as in photoenzymes and photoreceptors and often occurs on time scales …

Tryptophan to Tryptophan Hole Hop** in an Azurin Construct

M Melčák, F Šebesta, J Heyda… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electron transfer (ET) between neutral and cationic tryptophan residues in the azurin
construct [ReI (H126)(CO) 3 (dmp)](W124)(W122) CuI (dmp= 4, 7-Me2-1, 10 …

Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Vibrationally Hot Electron Transfer in Flavodoxin

Y Zhang, J Yang, N Liu, L Wang, F Lu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The understanding of ultrafast short-range electron transfer (ET) in proteins remains
challenging, and thorough studies on well-defined biological systems are demanding. Here …

Ultrafast nonequilibrium dynamics of short-range protein electron transfer in flavodoxin

J Yang, Y Zhang, TF He, Y Lu, L Wang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Short-range protein electron transfer (ET) is ubiquitous in biology and is often observed in
photosynthesis, photoreceptors and photoenzymes. These ET processes occur on an …

The Glucose Effect on Direct Electrochemistry and Electron Transfer Reaction of Glucose Oxidase Entrapped in a Carbon Nanotube‐Polymer Matrix

Z Yin, Z Ji, W Zhang, EW Taylor, X Zeng… - ChemistrySelect, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, glucose oxidase (GOx) cross‐linking to a single‐wall carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs)‐poly (ethylenimine)(PEI) matrix is investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) for …

Ultrafast electron transfer of different vibronic states in flavodoxin

Y Zhang, X Wang, N Liu, F Lu - Chemical Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the ultrafast electron transfer (ET) processes involving various vibronic
excitation in biological systems remains challenging and requires well-defined model …