U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Study of Electrostatic Interactions in Bacteria Photochemical Reaction Center Proteins

美法合作研究：细菌光化学反应中心蛋白质静电相互作用的研究

• 批准号: 9416605
• 负责人: Marilyn Gunner
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-05-15 至 1999-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9416605&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; France; Cooperative; Research; Study

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in photosynthesis between Marilyn Gunner of City College of New York and Pierre Sebban of the Laboratory for Photosynthetic Bacteria at the French National Center for Scientific Research. The objective of their research is to investigate the interaction between proton residues and quinones in reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. They will evaluate proton uptake and electron transfer. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in computation and theory. The calculations will be carried out at City College. This is complemented by French experimental expertise. Experimental measurements of the in situ electrochemistry and proton uptake will be made on wild type and mutant reaction centers. This combined theoretical and experimental effort will advance our understanding of electron transfer in photosynthetic systems and the structure of reaction centers to their function. These are important goals of photosynthesis research.

这一为期三年的奖项支持纽约城市学院的Marilyn Gunner和法国国家科学研究中心光合细菌实验室的Pierre Sebban在光合作用方面的美法合作研究。他们的研究目的是调查光合作用细菌反应中心中质子残留物和苯二酚之间的相互作用。他们将评估质子吸收和电子转移。这位美国研究人员将计算和理论方面的专业知识带到了这次合作中。计算将在城市学院进行。这一点得到了法国实验专业知识的补充。将在野生型和突变型反应中心进行现场电化学和质子吸收的实验测量。这一理论和实验相结合的工作将促进我们对光合作用系统中的电子传递和反应中心的结构及其功能的理解。这些都是光合作用研究的重要目标。