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Title: On the nature of organic and inorganic centers that bifurcate electrons, coupling exergonic and endergonic oxidation–reduction reactions

Abstract

Bifurcating electrons to couple endergonic and exergonic electron-transfer reactions has been shown to have a key role in energy conserving redox enzymes.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]
  1. Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
  2. Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham
  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1434163
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012518
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemComm
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Volume: 54 Journal Issue: 33; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Peters, John W., Beratan, David N., Schut, Gerrit J., and Adams, Michael W. W. On the nature of organic and inorganic centers that bifurcate electrons, coupling exergonic and endergonic oxidation–reduction reactions. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8CC01530A.
Peters, John W., Beratan, David N., Schut, Gerrit J., & Adams, Michael W. W. On the nature of organic and inorganic centers that bifurcate electrons, coupling exergonic and endergonic oxidation–reduction reactions. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC01530A
Peters, John W., Beratan, David N., Schut, Gerrit J., and Adams, Michael W. W. Mon . "On the nature of organic and inorganic centers that bifurcate electrons, coupling exergonic and endergonic oxidation–reduction reactions". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC01530A.
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author = {Peters, John W. and Beratan, David N. and Schut, Gerrit J. and Adams, Michael W. W.},
abstractNote = {Bifurcating electrons to couple endergonic and exergonic electron-transfer reactions has been shown to have a key role in energy conserving redox enzymes.},
doi = {10.1039/C8CC01530A},
journal = {ChemComm},
number = 33,
volume = 54,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2018},
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