Electron-transfer dynamics of cytochrome C: a change in the reaction mechanism with distance.

[image displayed in pdf] Directly linking a gold electrode coated with pyridine-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) to the redox-active heme unit of cytochrome c has enabled the electron-transfer mechanism to be studied as a function of distance. Comparison of the kinetic data for this system (see graph) with earlier data on COOH-terminated SAMs requires a change in the electron-transfer mechanism with distance from the electrode surface that does not involve large-amplitude conformational rearrangement.

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