Understanding the factors governing the rate of electron transfer processes in proteins is crucial not only to a deeper understanding of redox processes in living organisms but also for the design of efficient devices featuring biological molecules. Here, molecular dynamics simulations performed on native azurin and four chimeric cupredoxins allow for the calculation of the reorganization energy and of structure-related quantities that were used to clarify the molecular determinants to the dynamics/function relationship in blue copper proteins. We find that the dynamics of the small, metal-binding loop region controls the outer-sphere reorganization energy not only by determining the exposure of the active site to solvent but also through the modulation of the redox-dependent rearrangement of the whole protein scaffold and of the surrounding water molecules.

The Active Site Loop Modulates the Reorganization Energy of Blue Copper Proteins by Controlling the Dynamic Interplay with Solvent / Paltrinieri, Licia; Borsari, Marco; Ranieri, Antonio; Battistuzzi, Gianantonio; S., Corni; Bortolotti, Carlo Augusto. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. - ISSN 1948-7185. - STAMPA. - 4:5(2013), pp. 710-715. [10.1021/jz302125k]

The Active Site Loop Modulates the Reorganization Energy of Blue Copper Proteins by Controlling the Dynamic Interplay with Solvent

PALTRINIERI, LICIA;BORSARI, Marco;RANIERI, Antonio;BATTISTUZZI, Gianantonio;BORTOLOTTI, Carlo Augusto
2013

Abstract

Understanding the factors governing the rate of electron transfer processes in proteins is crucial not only to a deeper understanding of redox processes in living organisms but also for the design of efficient devices featuring biological molecules. Here, molecular dynamics simulations performed on native azurin and four chimeric cupredoxins allow for the calculation of the reorganization energy and of structure-related quantities that were used to clarify the molecular determinants to the dynamics/function relationship in blue copper proteins. We find that the dynamics of the small, metal-binding loop region controls the outer-sphere reorganization energy not only by determining the exposure of the active site to solvent but also through the modulation of the redox-dependent rearrangement of the whole protein scaffold and of the surrounding water molecules.
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The Active Site Loop Modulates the Reorganization Energy of Blue Copper Proteins by Controlling the Dynamic Interplay with Solvent / Paltrinieri, Licia; Borsari, Marco; Ranieri, Antonio; Battistuzzi, Gianantonio; S., Corni; Bortolotti, Carlo Augusto. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. - ISSN 1948-7185. - STAMPA. - 4:5(2013), pp. 710-715. [10.1021/jz302125k]
Paltrinieri, Licia; Borsari, Marco; Ranieri, Antonio; Battistuzzi, Gianantonio; S., Corni; Bortolotti, Carlo Augusto
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