Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 55
Chapter One
Elucidation of Electron- Transfer Pathways in Copper
and Iron Proteins by Pulse Radiolysis Experiments
OLE FARVER
Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Copenhagen,
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
ISRAEL PECHT
Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
76100 Rehovot, Israel
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 2
A. Biological Electron Transfer / 2
B. Electron-Transfer Theory / 3
II. PULSE RADIOLYSIS 6
III. COPPER PROTEINS 8
A. Azurin, a Model System / 8
B. Copper-Containing Oxidases and Reductases / 24
1. Ascorbate Oxidase / 25
2. Ceruloplasmin / 30
3. Copper Nitrite Reductase / 38
IV. IRON-CONTAINING PROTEINS 44
A. [cd.sub.1] Nitrite Reductase / 44
V. COPPER VERSUS IRON NITRITE RE ... read full excerpt from Progress in Inorganic Chemistry ebook