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Phys Chem Chem Phys ; 16(30): 15910-6, 2014 Aug 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24964099

ABSTRACT

On the basis of experiments at 275 GHz, we reconsider the dependence of the continuous-wave EPR spectra of nitroxide spin-labeled protein sites in sensory- and bacteriorhodopsin on the micro-environment. The high magnetic field provides the resolution necessary to disentangle the effects of hydrogen bonding and polarity. In the gxx region of the 275 GHz EPR spectrum, bands are resolved that derive from spin-label populations carrying no, one or two hydrogen bonds. The gxx value of each population varies hardly from site to site, significantly less than deduced previously from studies at lower microwave frequencies. The fractions of the populations vary strongly, which provides a consistent description of the variation of the average gxx and the average nitrogen-hyperfine interaction Azz from site to site. These variations reflect the difference in the proticity of the micro-environment, and differences in polarity contribute marginally. Concomitant W-band ELDOR-detected NMR experiments on the corresponding nitroxide in perdeuterated water resolve population-specific nitrogen-hyperfine bands, which underlies the interpretation for the proteins.


Subject(s)
Hydrogen Bonding , Membrane Proteins/chemistry , Nitrogen Oxides/chemistry , Spin Labels , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
2.
J Magn Reson ; 210(1): 126-32, 2011 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21444227

ABSTRACT

The 275GHz electron-paramagnetic-resonance spectrometer we reported on in 2004 has been equipped with a new probe head, which contains a cavity especially designed for operation in continuous-wave mode. The sensitivity and signal stability that is achieved with this new probe head is illustrated with 275GHz continuous-wave spectra of a 1mM frozen solution of the complex Fe(III)-ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid and of 10mM frozen solutions of the protein rubredoxin, which contains Fe(3+) in its active site, from three different organisms. The high quality of the spectra of the rubredoxins allows the determination of the zero-field-splitting parameters with an accuracy of 0.5GHz. The success of our approach results partially from the enhanced absolute sensitivity, which can be reached using a single-mode cavity. At least as important is the signal stability that we were able to achieve with the new probe head.


Subject(s)
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Ferrous Compounds/chemistry , Rubredoxins/chemistry , Anisotropy , Edetic Acid/chemistry , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/instrumentation , Equipment Design , Sensitivity and Specificity , Solutions/chemistry , Spin Labels
3.
J Magn Reson ; 201(1): 57-60, 2009 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19744870

ABSTRACT

High-frequency pulsed EPR spectroscopy allows FID detection of EPR spectra owing to the short dead time that can be achieved. This FID detection is particularly attractive for EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy of paramagnetic species that exhibit inhomogeneously broadened EPR lines and short dephasing times. Experiments are reported for the metalloprotein azurin at 275 GHz.


Subject(s)
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Azurin/chemistry , Binding Sites , Computer Simulation , Microwaves , Protein Conformation
4.
J Magn Reson ; 191(2): 202-18, 2008 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18280189

ABSTRACT

Inter-spin distances between 1 nm and 4.5 nm are measured by continuous wave (CW) and pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) methods for a series of nitroxide-spin-labelled peptides. The upper distance limit for measuring dipolar coupling by the broadening of the CW spectrum and the lower distance limit for the present optimally-adjusted double electron electron resonance (DEER) set-up are determined and found to be both around 1.6-1.9 nm. The methods for determining distances and corresponding distributions from CW spectral line broadening are reviewed and further developed. Also, the work shows that a correction factor is required for the analysis of inter-spin distances below approximately 2 nm for DEER measurements and this is calculated using the density matrix formalism.


Subject(s)
Algorithms , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Models, Chemical , Peptides/chemistry , Computer Simulation , Spin Labels
5.
Biophys J ; 93(3): 981-91, 2007 Aug 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17617552

ABSTRACT

From a theoretical analysis of the resonance Raman spectra of 19 isotopomers of spheroidene reconstituted into the reaction center (RC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26, we conclude that the carotenoid in the RC occurs in two configurations. The normal mode underlying the resonance Raman transition at 1239 cm(-1), characteristic for spheroidene in the RC, has been identified and found to uniquely refer to the cis nature of the 15,15' carbon-carbon double bond. Detailed analysis of the isotope-induced shifts of transitions in the 1500-1550 cm(-1) region proves that, besides the 15,15'-cis configuration, spheroidene in the RC adopts another cis-configuration, most likely the 13,14-cis configuration.


Subject(s)
Carotenoids/analysis , Carotenoids/chemistry , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/analysis , Rhodobacter sphaeroides/metabolism , Carbon , Hydrogen , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/chemistry , Reproducibility of Results , Spectrum Analysis, Raman/methods , Stereoisomerism , X-Ray Diffraction
6.
J Phys Chem B ; 110(43): 21623-9, 2006 Nov 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17064117

ABSTRACT

We have studied ultrathin spin-coated high-density polyethylene films by means of single-molecule spectroscopy and microscopy at 1.8 K. The films have been doped with 2.3,8.9-dibenzanthanthrene (DBATT) molecules, which function as local reporters of their immediate environment. The orientation distributions of single DBATT probe molecules in 100-200 nm thin films of high-density polyethylene differ markedly from those in low-density films. We have found a preferential orientation of dopant molecules along two well-defined, mutually perpendicular directions. These directions are preserved over at least a 2 mm distance. The strong orientation preference of the probe molecules requires the presence of abundant lateral crystal faces and is therefore not consistent with a spherulitic morphology. Instead, a "shish-kebab" crystal structure is invoked to explain our results.

7.
Magn Reson Chem ; 43 Spec no.: S140-4, 2005 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16235209

ABSTRACT

EPR and ENDOR experiments at 95 GHz on ZnO nanoparticles reveal the presence of shallow donors related to interstitial Li and Na atoms. The experiments allowed, for the first time, to probe the effect of confinement on the shape of the electronic wave function. In addition, it is observed that the 67Zn nuclear spins become polarized upon saturation of the EPR transition. This Overhauser effect is induced by the zero-point vibrations of the phonon system in the nanoparticles.

8.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11988476

ABSTRACT

The review deals with recent advances in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (hf EPR and NMR) of paramagnetic metal centers in biological macromolecules. In the first half of our chapter, we present an overview of recent technical developments in the NMR of paramagnetic bio-macromolecules. These are illustrated by a variety of examples deriving mainly from the spectroscopy of metalloproteins and their complexes. The second half focuses on recent developments in high-frequency EPR spectroscopy and the application of the technique to copper, iron, and manganese proteins. Special attention is given to the work on single crystals of copper proteins.


Subject(s)
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Binding Sites , Biophysics/methods , Copper/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Models, Theoretical
9.
J Am Chem Soc ; 124(9): 2035-41, 2002 Mar 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11866618

ABSTRACT

The electronic structure of the blue-copper site of Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin has been investigated by ab initio multireference determinantal configuration interaction (MRD-CI) calculations. A truncated site consisting of copper and its three equatorial ligands has been studied with emphasis on the g tensor and the nitrogen hyperfine tensors of the coordinating histidines. In the ground state the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) involves a copper 3d orbital pi antibonded to the cysteine sulfur and sigma antibonded to the histidine nitrogens. A proper description of the electron-paramagnetic-resonance parameters has been achieved through the use of an effective core potential for copper up to and including the 3s electrons. Both the complete g tensor and the anisotropic hyperfine tensors at the nitrogens are essentially reproduced. Mulliken spin densities of 35 and 59% on copper and sulfur, respectively, and 2.1 and 1.7% on the respective coordinating nitrogens reflect the delocalized character of the SOMO and the inequivalence of the histidines.


Subject(s)
Azurin/chemistry , Copper/chemistry , Binding Sites , Histidine/chemistry , Models, Molecular , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/chemistry
10.
FEBS Lett ; 474(2-3): 228-32, 2000 Jun 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10838090

ABSTRACT

The [Cu(I)-Cu(II)] half-met form of the dinuclear copper site of tyrosinase has been probed by continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and hyperfine sublevel correlation (HYSCORE) spectroscopy in the presence and absence of inhibitors. In all cases the EPR spectrum is indicative of a d(x(2)-y(2)) ground state for the unpaired electron. From the cross-peaks observed in the HYSCORE spectra, proton hyperfine coupling constants were obtained that are compatible with a hydroxide ion in an equatorial coordination position of the paramagnetic copper. After changing the water solvent to D(2)O or after addition of the inhibitors p-nitrophenol or L-mimosine, the proton signals disappear. The relevance of these findings for understanding the catalytic cycle is discussed.


Subject(s)
Copper/metabolism , Monophenol Monooxygenase/chemistry , Monophenol Monooxygenase/metabolism , Streptomyces antibioticus/enzymology , Anisotropy , Artifacts , Binding Sites , Catalysis , Deuterium Oxide/metabolism , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy , Freezing , Hydroxides/metabolism , Mimosine/metabolism , Mimosine/pharmacology , Monophenol Monooxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors , Nitrophenols/metabolism , Nitrophenols/pharmacology , Protons , Solvents , Water/metabolism
11.
J Biol Inorg Chem ; 4(3): 257-65, 1999 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10439070

ABSTRACT

Frozen solutions of the azurin mutant His117Gly in the presence of excess of methyl-substituted imidazoles have been investigated by electron spin-echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy at 9 GHz. The addition of imidazole is known to reconstitute a blue-copper site and variation of the non-protein bound ligand [N-methyl-, 2-methyl-, 4(5)-methylimidazole] has allowed the study of the copper-imidazole binding as a model for histidine binding in such sites. Quadrupole and hyperfine tensors of the remote nitrogen of the imidazoles have been determined. The quadrupole tensors indicate that the methyl-substituted imidazoles in the mutant adopt the same orientation relative to copper as the histidine-117 in the wild-type protein. Analysis of the hyperfine tensors in terms of spin densities reveals that the spin density on the remote nitrogen of the substituted imidazole has sigma and a variable pi character, depending on the position of the methyl group. For azurin the corresponding spin density is of virtually pure sigma character. In conclusion, blue-copper sites show subtle variations as regards the histidine/imidazole centred part of the wavefunction of the unpaired electron.


Subject(s)
Azurin/chemistry , Azurin/metabolism , Copper/metabolism , Imidazoles/metabolism , Azurin/genetics , Binding Sites , Computer Simulation , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Histidine/genetics , Imidazoles/chemistry , Models, Molecular , Nitrogen , Protein Conformation
12.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc ; 53A(3): 381-92, 1997 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9177038

ABSTRACT

As a step towards the structural analysis of the carotenoid spheroidene in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre, we present the resonance Raman spectra of 14-2H, 15-2H, 15'-2H, 14'-2H, 14,15'-2H2 and 15-15'-2H2 spheroidenes in petroleum ether and, except for 14,15'-2H2 spheroidene, in the Rb. sphaeroides R26 reaction center (RC). Analysis of the spectral changes upon isotopic substitution allows a qualitative assignment of most of the vibrational bands to be made. For the all-trans spheroidenes in solution the resonance enhancement of the Raman bands is determined by the participation of carbon carbon stretching modes in the centre of the conjugated chain, the C9 to C15' region. For the RC-bound 15,15'-cis spheroidenes, enhancement is determined by the participation of carbon-carbon stretching modes in the centre of the molecule, the C13 to C13' region. Comparison of the spectra in solution and in the RC reveals evidence for an out-of-plane distortion of the RC-bound spheroidene in the central C14 to C14' region of the carotenoid. The characteristic 1240 cm-1 band in the spectrum of the RC-bound spheroidene has been assigned to a normal mode that contains the coupled C12-C13 and C13'-C12' stretch vibrations.


Subject(s)
Carotenoids/chemistry , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/chemistry , Rhodobacter sphaeroides/chemistry , Spectrum Analysis, Raman , Alkanes , Deuterium , Molecular Structure , Solvents
13.
Science ; 268(5216): 1457-60, 1995 Jun 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17843664

ABSTRACT

Individual pentacene-d(14) molecules doped into a p-terphenyl-d(14) host crystal have been studied by optically detected electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The magnetic resonance transitions between the triplet sublevels of the pentacene molecule and the splitting of the resonance lines for a molecule that contains a carbon-13 nucleus have been observed in an external magnetic field. This splitting is caused by the hyperfine interaction of the triplet electron spin with the single carbon-13 nuclear spin.

14.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1185(2): 188-92, 1994 Apr 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8167135

ABSTRACT

We report resonance Raman spectra of the carotenoid spheroidene and its 14'-13C and 15'-13C substituted analogues in petroleum ether and bound to the reaction centre of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26. The spectra in petroleum ether correspond to planar all-trans spheroidene while those of the reaction centres are consistent with a nonplanar 15,15'-cis spheroidene. The effect of 13C labelling is largest in the carbon-carbon double-bond stretching region. The 15'-13C substitution of the reaction centre bound spheroidene, however, hardly changes the C=C band as compared to that for the natural abundance spheroidene apart from a new weak band at 1508 cm(-1). This observation has been interpreted as a decoupling of the C15=C15' stretch from the other double-bond stretches in combination with a small intrinsic Raman intensity of this local mode for 15,15'-cis spheroidene.


Subject(s)
Carotenoids/chemistry , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/chemistry , Rhodobacter sphaeroides/chemistry , Alkanes , Carbon Radioisotopes , Spectrum Analysis, Raman
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