Modular synthesis of de novo-designed metalloproteins for light-induced electron transfer

AUTOR(ES)

Rau, Harald K.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The design and chemical synthesis of two de novo four-helix bundle proteins is described; each protein has two bound cofactors. Their construction from purified peptides is based on the modular assembly of different amphiphilic helices by chemoselective coupling to a cyclic peptide template. In the hydrophobic interior of the antiparallel four-helix bundle these proteins contain a heme in a binding pocket with two ligating histidine residues. A ruthenium-tris(bipyridine) complex is covalently bound to different positions at the hydrophilic side of one of the heme-binding helices. Laser-induced electron transfer across the varied distance through this helix has been studied and compared with a pathway analysis. The UV-visible, CD, and mass spectra are consistent with the structure and orientation predetermined by the template.

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