Theoretical study on the lowest-frequency mode of the flavin ring |
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Authors: | Sachiko Nakai Fumio Yoneda Tokio Yamabe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, 34-4 Takano-Nishihiraki-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan, JP;(2) Fujimoto Pharmaceutical Corporation, 1-3-40 Nishi-Otsuka, Matsubara-shi, Osaka 580-8503, Japan, JP;(3) Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | The dynamic aspects along the normal vibrational motions of the lowest frequencies in the oxidized, radical, and reduced states of flavin (isoalloxazine) have been studied. In comparison with the twist motions in the oxidized state, the butterfly motions in the radical and reduced states turned out to bring more significant variations to the frontier molecular orbital energies and to the charge distributions on the atoms of the pyrazine ring in isoalloxazine. It can be considered that the electron transfers from and to the isoalloxazine ring can be adjusted or controlled by these variations. In the reduced states the electron release from the molecule, and in the radical states the electron release from or acceptance by the molecule, could be impelled by the butterfly motions, while in the oxidized state the electron acceptance by the molecule could be accelerated slightly by the twist motion. Received: 30 September 1998 / Accepted: 20 January 1999 / Published online: 7 June 1999 |
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Keywords: | : Flavin ring Isoalloxazine Electron transfer Twist motion and butterfly motion |
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