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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Dec 29;134(2):999–1009. doi: 10.1021/ja207173p

Table 4.

Eox/sq and pKa(N5) in mV and pKa units, respectively. Eox/sq are discussed in “Calculated values of Eox/sq in XDH and XO”.

XDH XO
Em pKa Em pKa
Eox/sq (= Em(FAD/FAD) + RT/F ln10 log(1+10 − (pH − pKa(N5))) c experimental −270a −332b
calculated −296 −322
uncharged protein d −298 −301
reference (water) e −238 −238
Eox/sq shift (from water to protein) Total −14 −40
ΔEm(charge) g 1 −21
ΔEm (dielectric volume) h −16 −19

a) Em (FAD/FAD) experimental n.d. f n.d. f
calculated −550 −429
uncharged protein d −520 −502
reference (water) e −333 −333
Em shift (from water to protein) Total −217 −96
ΔEm(charge) g −30 73
ΔEm (dielectric volume) h −187 −169

b) pKa(N5) for FADH/FAD•− experimental n.d. n.d.
calculated 12.1 9.6
uncharged protein d 11.6 11.2
reference (water) e 8.6 8.6
pKa shift (from water to protein) Total 3.5 1.0
ΔpKa(charge) g 0.5 −1.6
ΔpKa(dielectric volume) h 3.0 2.6

b′) corresponding Em term i.e., RT/F ln10 log(1+10− (pH − pKa(N5))) experimental n.d. f n.d. f
calculated 254 107
uncharged protein d 222 201
reference (water) e 51 51
Em shift (from water to protein) Total 203 56
ΔEm(charge) g 31 −94
ΔEm (dielectric volume) h 171 150
a

At pH 7.5 3.

b

At pH 7.7 4.

c

See Ref. 12.

d

Prepared by setting atomic charges of all atoms in the protein to zero.

e

See Ref. 31.

f

Not determined.

g

Influence of atomic charge of all atoms in the protein.

h

Influence of uncharged protein dielectric volume (i.e., the space covered by the merged van der Waals volumes of protein atoms).