Table III. Energy difference (ΔE, (kcal/mol)) and activation energy (E‡, (kcal/mol)) for the PCET reaction in vacuum. The forward reaction corresponds to PCET from CysSH to TyrO●, and the backward reaction from TyrOH to CysS●.
Forward reaction | Backward reaction | |||||||
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n | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
ΔE (kcal/mol) | −3.27 | 1.3 | −2.37 | n.c | 3.21 | −2.07 | 0.68 | 0.36 |
E‡(kcal/mol) | 17.7 | 10.7 | 10.53 | n.c | 24.09 | 9.88 | 10.92 | 11.00 |