S. Aono et al., EFFECT OF THE NEGATIVE CHARGE OF HEME PROPIONATE ON PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER BETWEEN ZINC MYOGLOBIN AND METHYLVIOLOGEN, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 233(1-2), 1995, pp. 127-129
Zinc protoporphyrin dimethylester reconstituted myoglobin (ZnPPDME-Mb)
was prepared and it was shown that photoinduced electron transfer too
k place with methylviologen. The quenching rate constant was 5.1x10(6)
M(-1) s(-1), which was about one fifth that for the zinc protoporphyr
in reconstituted myoglobin and methylviologen system.