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Engineering photosynthesis: synthetic redox proteins

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: The understanding of the principal parameters naturally selected to engineer biological electron transfer systems has been combined with techniques of de novo design and chemical synthesis of peptides to initiate a program of synthesis of simple proteins equipped with multiple redox cofactors. Our primary goal is to assemble functional redox protein maquettes of the large, complicated natural proteins such as the photosynthetic reaction center. Attention is focused on strategies for engineering and construction of well defined, stable four-helix bundles containing suitable redox cofactors optimized for efficient electron transfer.

Source: Inorganica Chimica Acta

DOI: 10.1016/0020-1693(95)04910-x

Authors: Francesc Rabanal, Brian R. Gibney, William F. DeGrado, Christopher C. Moser, P. Leslie Dutton

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,830

Funder: National Institutes of Health