Natural engineering principles of electron tunnelling in biological oxidation-reduction.

作者: Christopher C. Page , Christopher C. Moser , Xiaoxi Chen , P. Leslie Dutton

DOI: 10.1038/46972

关键词: Quantum tunnellingTransition stateIonSuperexchangeChemistryElectronRedoxNanotechnologyChemical physicsTunnel effectElectron transfer

摘要: … transfer by millions of years of natural selection, it is clear from our analysis that these proteins are relatively ruggedly built so that individual electron transfer rates do not have to be …

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