Influence of Protein Vibrations on Electron Transfer |
| M. Babincová and P. Babinec Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Mlynska Dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
| Received: April 1, 1993 |
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| Using a double well model complemented with the third excited state it is shown that a new excited-state-induced protein vibration-mediated channel, with an electron transfer rate comparable to a standard tunneling rate may exist. This channel can become dominant at low temperatures. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.84.365 PACS numbers: 82.20.Rp, 34.70.+e, 87.15.Da |