综述了生物体内电荷跳跃转移的一些新特征。重点阐述了蛋白质电荷转移过程中一种可能的中间体一溶剂化电子的结构性质特征以及在蛋白质长程电荷转移中的重要作用。蛋白质中存在着诸多基团、分子片或电正性区域,比如:质子化的碱性支链基团、芳香环、极性肽链、螺旋及结构水簇等,它们可以俘获电子、然后释放,扮演着电子跳跃转移中继站的作用。这种基于溶剂化电子的电子跳跃转移模式构成了蛋白质内电子长程转移的新途径。
Some new features of charge hopping transfers in proteins are reviewed in this article, which focuses on the structures and properties of solvated electrons, a possibly existing intermediate in the charge transfer processes in proteins, and their important role in assisting long range charge migration in proteins. Normally, there are a lot of groups, molecular fragments and electropositive zones in proteins, such as the protonated basic amino acid side chains, aromatic rings, polar peptide chains, helices and structuring water clusters, and so on, and they can capture and then release electrons, playing a relay role in assisting electron hopping transfers. This kind of solvated electron-based electron hopping mode can be considered as a new pathway of long-range electron migration in proteins.