Radicals and radical ions as intermediates of electron transfer processes through peptides
Giese, BerndUniversité de Fribourg, Département de chimie, Switzerland
Eckhardt, SonjaUniversité de Fribourg, Département de chimie, Switzerland
Lauz, MiriamUniversité de Fribourg, Département de chimie, Switzerland
Gao, JianUniversité de Fribourg, Département de chimie, Switzerland
Wang, MinUniversité de Fribourg, Département de chimie, Switzerland
2012
Published in:
Chimia. - 2012, vol. 66, no. 6, p. 364-367
English
Electron transfer (ET) through peptides and proteins is a key biochemical process, which involves radicals and radical ions as reactive intermediates. We have developed an assay that allows us to study this fundamental chemical reaction.