血红素
电子转移
核黄素
化学
水溶液
电子顺磁共振波谱
电子顺磁共振
质子
电子
化学物理
计算化学
原子物理学
核磁共振
光化学
物理化学
血红素
物理
有机化学
量子力学
酶
生物化学
作者
Wenlan Wang,Min Yuan,Sheng‐Song Yu,Wei Chen,Jie‐Jie Chen,Xiaoyang Liu,Han‐Qing Yu
摘要
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) occurs from outer-membrane proteins to electron acceptors. Heme(ii) is the active center of outer-membrane proteins and delivers electrons to acceptors or mediators such as riboflavin, a redox active chromophore present in organisms. However, the EET mechanism via mediators, especially the electron transfer process from outer-membrane proteins to mediators, has not been well documented yet. In this work, the mechanism behind the electron transfer from heme(ii) to riboflavin is investigated by using in situ ultraviolet visible and fluorescence spectroelectrochemical analysis, which provides the information regarding the structural change and electrochemical characteristics of species in the electron transfer process. It is found that hemin(iii), the oxidized form of heme(ii), is electrolyzed to an intermediate "hemx(ii)" without structural changes, and is then transformed to heme(ii) by conjugating with riboflavin and its radicals. Heme(ii) is able to activate riboflavin reduction via a two-electron two-proton pathway in aqueous solution. The mechanisms proposed on the basis of experimental results are further confirmed by density functional theory calculations. The results about the electron transfer from hemx(ii) (or heme(ii)) to riboflavin are useful not only for understanding the EET mechanisms, but also for maximizing the role of riboflavin in biogeochemical cycling and environmental bioremediation.
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