Investigations on protein charge transfer spectra among charged amino acids and monomeric proteins

Abstract

The present thesis revolves around the central theme of photoinduced electron transfer involving side chains of charged residues and peptide backbone in proteins its consequent absorption spectra termed as Protein Charge Transfer Spectra or ProCharTS and luminescence from charge transfer states The solutions of pure charged amino acids Lysine Glutamate and their capped derivatives and selected proteins rich in charged residues display similar excitation and emission spectra apart from sho...