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Proton migration in a stack of tyrosine molecules by the action of Mg2+ and electric field. A mathematical model. / Tulub, A. A.; Stefanov, V. E.; Skaletskii, E. K.
In: Biofizika, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2001, p. 587-588.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Proton migration in a stack of tyrosine molecules by the action of Mg2+ and electric field. A mathematical model
AU - Tulub, A. A.
AU - Stefanov, V. E.
AU - Skaletskii, E. K.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Quantum chemistry methods (ab initio, RHF + MP2(FULL), 6-31G** basis set) were used to study proton migration in tyrosine stacks mimicking the proton channel in tubulin and other proteins. When bound to guanosine-5′-triphosphate, Mg2+ favors the dissociation of water in its first coordination shell, thus initiating subsequent proton shifts in the tyrosine chain composed of spatially remote tyrosine residues of tubulin. The process appears to be thermodynamically allowed, ΔG298 < 0 with a potential barrier along the proton shift of no more than 0.75 kcal/mol. The exposure to external electrical field of low intensity, which simulates the elektret properties of tubulin, promotes proton migration over long distances.
AB - Quantum chemistry methods (ab initio, RHF + MP2(FULL), 6-31G** basis set) were used to study proton migration in tyrosine stacks mimicking the proton channel in tubulin and other proteins. When bound to guanosine-5′-triphosphate, Mg2+ favors the dissociation of water in its first coordination shell, thus initiating subsequent proton shifts in the tyrosine chain composed of spatially remote tyrosine residues of tubulin. The process appears to be thermodynamically allowed, ΔG298 < 0 with a potential barrier along the proton shift of no more than 0.75 kcal/mol. The exposure to external electrical field of low intensity, which simulates the elektret properties of tubulin, promotes proton migration over long distances.
KW - External electrical field
KW - Hydrogen bond
KW - Magnesium cofactor
KW - Proton migration
KW - Quantum chemistry
KW - Tubulin
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0042870264&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 11558365
AN - SCOPUS:0042870264
VL - 46
SP - 587
EP - 588
JO - БИОФИЗИКА
JF - БИОФИЗИКА
SN - 0006-3029
IS - 4
ER -
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