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BCMB – 8110 Control of Electron Transfer in Biology 1- Key Concepts -Transfer Potentials -Electron transfer cofactors 2- Overview of the electron transport chain - Complex I -Complex II -Complex III -Complex IV 3- Advanced Concepts in Protein Structure/Function
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BCMB – 8110 Control of Electron Transfer in Biology 1- Key Concepts -Transfer Potentials -Electron transfer cofactors 2- Overview of the electron transport chain -Complex I -Complex II -Complex III -Complex IV 3- Advanced Concepts in Protein Structure/Function -Mechanisms of redox control -Mechanisms of proton transfer -Mechanisms of electron transfer
Transfer Potential and the Meaning of Life It’s all about energy!
Controlling Reduction Potentials, ElectronTransfer And Proton Transfer Rule #1, In most cases, especially for complex metallocenters, proton and electron transfer are coupled.
Structural Models of the P-Cluster Peters et al. Biochemistry (1997) 36 1181-1187
-200 -220 Slope = -53 mV / pH -240 -260 (mV) -280 m2 E -300 -320 -340 -360 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 pH 2+/1+ pH-dependence for the P Redox Couple
Model for P-Cluster Redox and Proton Transfer Reactions Em1 Em2 P2+ P1+ PN < -348 mV pKa pKa pKa > 8.5 > 8.5 < 6.0 Em2H Em1H P2+(H+) P1+(H+) PN (H+) > -224 mV -310 mV
Structural Models of the P-Cluster Peters et al. Biochemistry (1997) 36 1181-1187
-310 mV -260 mV pH 7.0 P N P 1+ P 2+ -310 mV -310 mV pH 8.0 P N P 1+ P 2+ e- H+ 8 H+ + 8e- + N2 e- 2 NH3 + H2
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase COX + Cyc c + broken beef heart mitochondria. Capitanio et al. Biochemistry 42(16) p.4607-4612