Influence of Protein Vibrations on Electron Transfer

• Authors: M. Babincová , P. Babinec
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Using a double well model complemented with the third excited state it is shown that a new excited-state-induced protein vibration-mediated channel, with an electron transfer rate comparable to a standard tunneling rate may exist. This channel can become dominant at low temperatures.

Keywords

EN

82.20.Rp; 34.70.+e; 87.15.Da

Discipline

• 82.20.Rp: State to state energy transfer(see also 31.70.Hq Time-dependent phenomena—in atomic and molecular physics)
• 34.70.+e: Charge transfer(for charge transfer in biological systems, see 82.39.Jn in physical chemistry)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 365-367

Dates

published

1993-08

received

1993-04-01

Contributors

author

M. Babincová

• Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Mlynska Dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

author

P. Babinec

• Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Mlynska Dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.84.365