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Author Solov'yov, I.A.; Domratcheva, T.; Schulten, K. url  doi
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  Title Separation of photo-induced radical pair in cryptochrome to a functionally critical distance Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Scientific Reports Abbreviated Journal Sci Rep  
  Volume 4 Issue Pages 3845  
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  Abstract Cryptochrome is a blue light receptor that acts as a sensor for the geomagnetic field and assists many animals in long-range navigation. The magnetoreceptor function arises from light-induced formation of a radical pair through electron transfer between a flavin cofactor (FAD) and a triad of tryptophan residues. Here, this electron transfer is investigated by quantum chemical and classical molecular dynamics calculations. The results reveal how sequential electron transfer, assisted by rearrangement of polar side groups in the cryptochrome interior, can yield a FAD-Trp radical pair state with the FAD and Trp partners separated beyond a critical distance. The large radical pair separation reached establishes cryptochrome's sensitivity to the geomagnetic field through weakening of distance-dependent exchange and dipole-dipole interactions. It is estimated that the key secondary electron transfer step can overcome in speed both recombination (electron back-transfer) and proton transfer involving the radical pair reached after primary electron transfer.  
  Address 1] Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana Illinois 61801, USA [2] Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 2045-2322 ISBN Medium  
  Area WP5 In vitro Expedition Conference  
  Notes PMID:24457842 Approved no  
  Call Number UNIBAS @ david.schuermann @ Serial 638  
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