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Dr Daniel Martin working in the Matyushov group has recently took advantage of one of the fastest high performance supercomputers (Anton, D. E. Shaw) to look at electron tunneling in proteins. Membrane-bound bc1 complex is one of the key elements of biology’s energy production chain in mitochondria of animals and photosynthetic centers of bacteria. Longer than 10 microseconds of fully atomistic computer simulations have allowed for the first time to study the protein's low frequency motions driving electron transfer. A broad range of fluctuations, spanning from picoseconds to microseconds, affects the transition. Surprisingly, slow motions, in the range 0.1-1.6 microseconds turned out to be particularly important. This work recently appeared in the J. Chem. Phys. 142, 161101 (2015).
Recent news from the department
ASU physics student awarded national fellowship
March 4, 2019
The Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program awarded Glenn Randall the opportunity to pursue graduate research at ORNL.
Conducting research: Exploring charge flow through proteins
March 4, 2019
In a new study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Stuart Lindsay and his colleagues demonstrate electrical conductance through proteins poised between a pair of electrodes.
First woman to earn Ph.D. in physics at ASU marks 25 years working in modeling instruction program
January 26, 2016
Jane Jackson was the first woman to receive her Ph.D. in physics at Arizona State University. This month she celebrates 25 years working with ASU.
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