Scientists at MIT have demonstrated the use of a new technology to study the mechanism of an important chemical phenomenon called proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). This advance, detailed in a paper published in September 2011 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, brings us a step closer to understanding a mysterious process at the heart of all life.
The research team, which included graduate student Ellen Minnihan and Professor JoAnne Stubbe of MIT’s Chemistry Department, focused on ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), an enzyme found in all living organisms. Read more