Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Long distance electron transfer through the aqueous solution between redox partner proteins

  • Anna Lagunas,
  • Alejandra Guerra-Castellano,
  • Alba Nin-Hill,
  • Irene Díaz-Moreno,
  • Miguel A. De la Rosa,
  • Josep Samitier,
  • Carme Rovira,
  • Pau Gorostiza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07499-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Electron transport chains rely on interactions between redox proteins, but the distance-dependence of the electron transfer rate through the solution is unknown. Here, the authors show that the current between two redox protein partners occurs at long distances and is electrochemically gated.