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Ryabov Y. Coupling between overall rotational diffusion and domain motions in proteins and its effect on dielectric spectra. Proteins 2015; 83:1571-81. [PMID: 25900685 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this work, we formulate a closed-form solution of the model of a semirigid molecule for the case of fluctuating and reorienting molecular electric dipole moment. We illustrate with numeric calculations the impact of protein domain motions on dielectric spectra using the example of the 128 kDa protein dimer of Enzyme I. We demonstrate that the most drastic effect occurs for situations when the characteristic time of protein domain dynamics is comparable to the time of overall molecular rotational diffusion. We suggest that protein domain motions could be a possible explanation for the high-frequency contribution that accompanies the major relaxation dispersion peak in the dielectric spectra of protein aqueous solutions. We propose that the presented computational methodology could be used for the simultaneous analysis of dielectric spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance data. Proteins 2015; 83:1571-1581. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Yaroslav Ryabov
- BC Portal Inc., 260 Congressional Ln. #204, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
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Amaro M, Brezovský J, Kováčová S, Sýkora J, Bednář D, Němec V, Lišková V, Kurumbang NP, Beerens K, Chaloupková R, Paruch K, Hof M, Damborský J. Site-Specific Analysis of Protein Hydration Based on Unnatural Amino Acid Fluorescence. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:4988-92. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Mariana Amaro
- J.
Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice
5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice
5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice
5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt
Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International
Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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Schröder C, Steinhauser O, Sasisanker P, Weingärtner H. Orientational alignment of amyloidogenic proteins in pre-aggregated solutions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:128101. [PMID: 25860772 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.128101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the present study we combine dielectric relaxation spectroscopy with generalized Born simulations to explore the role of orientational order for protein aggregation in solutions of bovine pancreatic insulin at various pH conditions. Under aggregation-prone conditions at low pH, insulin monomers prefer antiparallel dipole alignments, which are consistent with the orientation of the monomeric subunits in the dimer structure. This alignment is also true for two dimers, suggesting that already at moderate protein concentrations the species assemble in equilibrium clusters, in which the molecules adopt preferred orientations also found for the protomers of the corresponding oligomers.
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- C Schröder
- Department of Computational Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Computational Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physical Chemistry II, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany and Praj Matrix The Innovation Center Urawade, Pune 412108, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry II, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Building NC 6-25, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Oberle M, Yigit C, Angioletti-Uberti S, Dzubiella J, Ballauff M. Competitive Protein Adsorption to Soft Polymeric Layers: Binary Mixtures and Comparison to Theory. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:3250-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5119986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Michael Oberle
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Soft Matter & Functional Materials, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Virtual Institute, Multifunctional Biomaterials
for Medicine, Kantstraße
55, 14513 Teltow, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Soft Matter & Functional Materials, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Virtual Institute, Multifunctional Biomaterials
for Medicine, Kantstraße
55, 14513 Teltow, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Soft Matter & Functional Materials, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department
of Physics, Newtonstrasse
15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Virtual Institute, Multifunctional Biomaterials
for Medicine, Kantstraße
55, 14513 Teltow, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Soft Matter & Functional Materials, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department
of Physics, Newtonstrasse
15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Virtual Institute, Multifunctional Biomaterials
for Medicine, Kantstraße
55, 14513 Teltow, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Soft Matter & Functional Materials, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department
of Physics, Newtonstrasse
15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Virtual Institute, Multifunctional Biomaterials
for Medicine, Kantstraße
55, 14513 Teltow, Germany
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There is a growing interest in protein dielectrophoresis (DEP) for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications. However, the DEP behavior of proteins is still not well understood which is important for successful protein manipulation. In this paper, we elucidate the information gained in dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and how these techniques may be of importance for future protein DEP manipulation. EIS and DS can be used to determine the dielectric properties of proteins predicting their DEP behavior. Basic principles of EIS and DS are discussed and related to protein DEP through examples from previous studies. Challenges of performing DS measurements as well as potential designs to incorporate EIS and DS measurements in DEP experiments are also discussed.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Heyden M. Resolving anisotropic distributions of correlated vibrational motion in protein hydration water. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:22D509. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4896073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Matthias Heyden
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Theoretical Chemistry, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Cui Y, Wang P. The Design and Operation of Ultra-Sensitive and Tunable Radio-Frequency Interferometers. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES 2014; 62:3172-3182. [PMID: 26549891 PMCID: PMC4636037 DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2014.2366134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Dielectric spectroscopy (DS) is an important technique for scientific and technological investigations in various areas. DS sensitivity and operating frequency ranges are critical for many applications, including lab-on-chip development where sample volumes are small with a wide range of dynamic processes to probe. In this work, we present the design and operation considerations of radio-frequency (RF) interferometers that are based on power-dividers (PDs) and quadrature-hybrids (QHs). Such interferometers are proposed to address the sensitivity and frequency tuning challenges of current DS techniques. Verified algorithms together with mathematical models are presented to quantify material properties from scattering parameters for three common transmission line sensing structures, i.e., coplanar waveguides (CPWs), conductor-backed CPWs, and microstrip lines. A high-sensitivity and stable QH-based interferometer is demonstrated by measuring glucose-water solution at a concentration level that is ten times lower than some recent RF sensors while our sample volume is ~1 nL. Composition analysis of ternary mixture solutions are also demonstrated with a PD-based interferometer. Further work is needed to address issues like system automation, model improvement at high frequencies, and interferometer scaling.
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Sarode AV, Gacche RN, Kumbharkhane AC. Relaxation dynamics in lens crystallin proteins: a dielectric and thermodynamic approach using TDR. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra05317f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Singh SN, Yadav S, Shire SJ, Kalonia DS. Dipole-Dipole Interaction in Antibody Solutions: Correlation with Viscosity Behavior at High Concentration. Pharm Res 2014; 31:2549-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1352-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biesso A, Xu J, Muíño PL, Callis PR, Knutson JR. Charge invariant protein-water relaxation in GB1 via ultrafast tryptophan fluorescence. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:2739-47. [PMID: 24456037 PMCID: PMC4004251 DOI: 10.1021/ja406126a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The
protein–water interface is a critical determinant of
protein structure and function, yet the precise nature of dynamics
in this complex system remains elusive. Tryptophan fluorescence has
become the probe of choice for such dynamics on the picosecond time
scale (especially via fluorescence “upconversion”).
In the absence of ultrafast (“quasi-static”) quenching
from nearby groups, the TDFSS (time-dependent fluorescence Stokes
shift) for exposed Trp directly reports on dipolar relaxation near
the interface (both water and polypeptide). The small protein GB1
contains a single Trp (W43) of this type, and its structure is refractory
to pH above 3. Thus, it can be used to examine the dependence of dipolar
relaxation upon charge reconfiguration with titration. Somewhat surprisingly,
the dipolar dynamics in the 100 fs to 100 ps range were unchanged
with pH, although nanosecond yield, rates, and access all changed.
These results were rationalized with the help of molecular dynamics
(including QM-MM) simulations that reveal a balancing, sometimes even
countervailing influence of protein and water dipoles. Interestingly,
these simulations also showed the dominant influence of water molecules
which are associated with the protein interface for up to 30 ps yet
free to rotate at approximately “bulk” water rates.
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- Arianna Biesso
- Optical Spectroscopy Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Martin DR, Fioretto D, Matyushov DV. Depolarized light scattering and dielectric response of a peptide dissolved in water. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:035101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4861965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dračínský M, Šála M, Hodgkinson P. Dynamics of water molecules and sodium ions in solid hydrates of nucleotides. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce00727a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The dynamics of the co-ordinating water and metal cations in solid hydrates of nucleotide salts is explored with solid-state NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.
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- Martin Dračínský
- Department of Chemistry
- Durham University
- Durham, UK
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Prague, Czech Republic
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Cardone A, Pant H, Hassan SA. Specific and non-specific protein association in solution: computation of solvent effects and prediction of first-encounter modes for efficient configurational bias Monte Carlo simulations. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:12360-74. [PMID: 24044772 PMCID: PMC3870165 DOI: 10.1021/jp4050594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Weak and ultraweak protein-protein association play a role in molecular recognition and can drive spontaneous self-assembly and aggregation. Such interactions are difficult to detect experimentally, and are a challenge to the force field and sampling technique. A method is proposed to identify low-population protein-protein binding modes in aqueous solution. The method is designed to identify preferential first-encounter complexes from which the final complex(es) at equilibrium evolve. A continuum model is used to represent the effects of the solvent, which accounts for short- and long-range effects of water exclusion and for liquid-structure forces at protein/liquid interfaces. These effects control the behavior of proteins in close proximity and are optimized on the basis of binding enthalpy data and simulations. An algorithm is described to construct a biasing function for self-adaptive configurational-bias Monte Carlo of a set of interacting proteins. The function allows mixing large and local changes in the spatial distribution of proteins, thereby enhancing sampling of relevant microstates. The method is applied to three binary systems. Generalization to multiprotein complexes is discussed.
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- Antonio Cardone
- Institute for Advanced Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
- SSD, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- Center for Molecular Modeling, DCB/CIT, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Franck JM, Pavlova A, Scott JA, Han S. Quantitative cw Overhauser effect dynamic nuclear polarization for the analysis of local water dynamics. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 74:33-56. [PMID: 24083461 PMCID: PMC3798041 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2013.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Liquid state Overhauser effect Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) has experienced a recent resurgence of interest. The ODNP technique described here relies on the double resonance of electron spin resonance (ESR) at the most common, i.e. X-band (∼10GHz), frequency and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at ∼15 MHz. It requires only a standard continuous wave (cw) ESR spectrometer with an NMR probe inserted or built into an X-band cavity. We focus on reviewing a new and powerful manifestation of ODNP as a high frequency NMR relaxometry tool that probes dipolar cross relaxation between the electron spins and the ¹H nuclear spins at X-band frequencies. This technique selectively measures the translational mobility of water within a volume extending 0.5-1.5 nm outward from a nitroxide radical spin probe that is attached to a targeted site of a macromolecule. It allows one to study the dynamics of water that hydrates or permeates the surface or interior of proteins, polymers, and lipid membrane vesicles. We begin by reviewing the recent advances that have helped develop ODNP into a tool for mapping the dynamic landscape of hydration water with sub-nanometer locality. In order to bind this work coherently together and to place it in the context of the extensive body of research in the field of NMR relaxometry, we then rephrase the analytical model and extend the description of the ODNP-derived NMR signal enhancements. This extended model highlights several aspects of ODNP data analysis, including the importance of considering all possible effects of microwave sample heating, the need to consider the error associated with various relaxation rates, and the unique ability of ODNP to probe the electron-¹H cross-relaxation process, which is uniquely sensitive to fast (tens of ps) dynamical processes. By implementing the relevant corrections in a stepwise fashion, this paper draws a consensus result from previous ODNP procedures and then shows how such data can be further corrected to yield clear and reproducible saturation of the NMR hyperpolarization process. Finally, drawing on these results, we broadly survey the previous ODNP dynamics literature. We find that the vast number of published, empirical hydration dynamics data can be reproducibly classified into regimes of surface, interfacial, vs. buried water dynamics.
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- John M Franck
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Nakano A, Ros A. Protein dielectrophoresis: advances, challenges, and applications. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:1085-96. [PMID: 23400789 PMCID: PMC3839426 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Protein dielectrophoresis (DEP) has the potential to play an important role as a manipulation, fractionation, preconcentration, and separation method in bioanalysis and as manipulation tool for nanotechnological applications. The first demonstrations of protein DEP have been reported almost 20 years ago. Since then various experimental realizations to manipulate proteins by DEP as well as more targeted applications employing protein DEP have been demonstrated. This review summarizes the experimental studies in the field of protein DEP trapping and focusing as well as specific applications in separation, molecular patterning, on bioprobes and biosensors. While a comprehensive theoretical model describing protein DEP is still lacking we also attempt to provide an overview of the factors influencing protein DEP and relate to currently available theoretical models. We further point out the variations in experimental conditions used in the past to study the somewhat 20 proteins as well as the implications of protein molecular structure to the DEP response.
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- Asuka Nakano
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Miyashita Y, Wazawa T, Mogami G, Takahashi S, Sambongi Y, Suzuki M. Hydration-state change of horse heart cytochrome c corresponding to trifluoroacetic-acid-induced unfolding. Biophys J 2013; 104:163-72. [PMID: 23332069 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.3825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2012] [Revised: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We investigate the hydration state of horse-heart cytochrome c (hh cyt c) in the unfolding process induced by trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The conformation of hh cyt c changes from the native (N) state (2.9 < pH < 6.0) to the acid-unfolded (U(A)) state (1.7 < pH < 2.0) to the acid-induced molten globule (A) state (pH ∼1.2). Hydration properties of hh cyt c during this process are measured at 20°C by high-resolution dielectric relaxation (DR) spectroscopy, UV-vis absorbance, and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Constrained water of hh cyt c is observed at every pH as an ∼5-GHz Debye component (DC) (DR time, τ(D) ∼30 ps) and its DR amplitude (DRA) is increased by 77% upon N-to-U(A) transition, when pH changes from 6.0 to 2.0. Even in the N state, the DRA of the constrained-water component is found to be increased by 22% with decreasing pH from 6.0 to 2.9, suggesting an increase in the accessible surface area of native hh cyt c. Moreover, hypermobile water around native hh cyt c is detected at pH 6.0 as a 19-GHz DC (τ(D) ∼ 8.4 ps <τ(DW) = 9.4 ps), but is not found at other pH values. The DRA signal of constrained water is found to return to the pH 2.9 (N-state) level upon U(A)-to-A transition. Fast-response water (slightly slower than bulk) around A-state hh cyt c is detected at pH 1.2, and this suggests some accumulation of TFA(-) ions around the peptide chain. Thus, this high-resolution DR spectroscopy study reveals that hh cyt c exhibits significant hydration-state change in the TFA-unfolding process.
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- Yusuke Miyashita
- Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Fogarty AC, Duboué-Dijon E, Sterpone F, Hynes JT, Laage D. Biomolecular hydration dynamics: a jump model perspective. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:5672-83. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60091b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cametti C, Marchetti S, Onori G. Lysozyme Hydration in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions. Effect of an Equilibrium Cluster Phase. J Phys Chem B 2012; 117:104-10. [DOI: 10.1021/jp308863h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C. Cametti
- Department of Physics, “La Sapienza” University of Rome and CNR-INFM-SOFT, Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone, I-50019 Sesto
Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia,
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Kubota Y, Yoshimori A, Matubayasi N, Suzuki M, Akiyama R. Molecular dynamics study of fast dielectric relaxation of water around a molecular-sized ion. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:224502. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4769972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nickels JD, O'Neill H, Hong L, Tyagi M, Ehlers G, Weiss KL, Zhang Q, Yi Z, Mamontov E, Smith JC, Sokolov AP. Dynamics of protein and its hydration water: neutron scattering studies on fully deuterated GFP. Biophys J 2012; 103:1566-75. [PMID: 23062349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We present a detailed analysis of the picosecond-to-nanosecond motions of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its hydration water using neutron scattering spectroscopy and hydrogen/deuterium contrast. The analysis reveals that hydration water suppresses protein motions at lower temperatures (<~ 200 K), and facilitates protein dynamics at high temperatures. Experimental data demonstrate that the hydration water is harmonic at temperatures <~ 180-190 K and is not affected by the proteins' methyl group rotations. The dynamics of the hydration water exhibits changes at ~ 180-190 K that we ascribe to the glass transition in the hydrated protein. Our results confirm significant differences in the dynamics of protein and its hydration water at high temperatures: on the picosecond-to-nanosecond timescale, the hydration water exhibits diffusive dynamics, while the protein motions are localized to <~3 Å. The diffusion of the GFP hydration water is similar to the behavior of hydration water previously observed for other proteins. Comparison with other globular proteins (e.g., lysozyme) reveals that on the timescale of 1 ns and at equivalent hydration level, GFP dynamics (mean-square displacements and quasielastic intensity) are of much smaller amplitude. Moreover, the suppression of the protein dynamics by the hydration water at low temperatures appears to be stronger in GFP than in other globular proteins. We ascribe this observation to the barrellike structure of GFP.
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- Jonathan D Nickels
- Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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Chen Z, Nozaki R. Dielectric spectroscopy study on ionic liquid microemulsion composed of water, TX-100, and BmimPF6. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:244505. [PMID: 22755585 DOI: 10.1063/1.4730037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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We report here a broadband dielectric spectroscopy study on an ionic liquid microemulsion (ILM) composed of water, Triton X-100 (TX-100), and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimPF(6)). It is found that the phase behavior of this ILM can be easily identified by its dielectric response. The dielectric behavior of the ILM in the GHz range is consistent with that of TX-100∕water mixtures with comparable water-to-TX-100 weight ratio. It consists of the relaxations due to ethylene oxide (EO) unit relaxation, hydration water dynamics, and∕or free water dynamics. The water content dependence of the EO unit relaxation suggests that this relaxation involves dynamics of hydration water molecules. In the IL-in-water microemulsion phase, it is found that bmimPF(6) molecules are preferentially dissolved in water when their concentration in water is lower than the solubility. An additional dielectric relaxation that is absent in the TX-100∕water mixtures is observed in the frequency range of 10(7)-10(8) Hz for this ILM. This low-frequency relaxation is found closely related to the bmimPF(6) molecule and could be attributed to the hopping of its cations∕anions between the anionic∕cationic sites.
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- Zhen Chen
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Mellor BL, Wood SJ, Mazzeo BA. Quantitation of pH-induced aggregation in binary protein mixtures by dielectric spectroscopy. Protein J 2012; 31:703-9. [PMID: 23001617 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-012-9450-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This paper presents a quantitative approach for measuring pH-controlled protein aggregation using dielectric spectroscopy. The technique is demonstrated through two aggregation experiments, the first between β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) and hen lysozyme (HENL) and the second between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and HENL. In both experiments, the formation of aggregates is strongly dependent on the solution pH and is clearly indicated by a decrease in the measured permittivity when the second protein is added. A quantifiable lower-bound on the ratio of proteins involved in the aggregation process is obtained from the permittivity spectra. Lower-bound aggregation ratios of 83 % for β-Lg/HENL at pH 6.0 and 48 % for BSA/HENL at pH 9.2 were consistent with turbidity measurements made on the same solutions.
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- Brett L Mellor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Hassan SA. Self-consistent treatment of the local dielectric permittivity and electrostatic potential in solution for polarizable macromolecular force fields. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:074102. [PMID: 22920098 PMCID: PMC3432095 DOI: 10.1063/1.4742910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A self-consistent method is presented for the calculation of the local dielectric permittivity and electrostatic potential generated by a solute of arbitrary shape and charge distribution in a polar and polarizable liquid. The structure and dynamics behavior of the liquid at the solute/liquid interface determine the spatial variations of the density and the dielectric response. Emphasis here is on the treatment of the interface. The method is an extension of conventional methods used in continuum protein electrostatics, and can be used to estimate changes in the static dielectric response of the liquid as it adapts to charge redistribution within the solute. This is most relevant in the context of polarizable force fields, during electron structure optimization in quantum chemical calculations, or upon charge transfer. The method is computationally efficient and well suited for code parallelization, and can be used for on-the-fly calculations of the local permittivity in dynamics simulations of systems with large and heterogeneous charge distributions, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and polyelectrolytes. Numerical calculation of the system free energy is discussed for the general case of a liquid with field-dependent dielectric response.
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- Sergio A Hassan
- Center for Molecular Modeling, DCB∕CIT, National Institutes of Health, U.S. DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Matyushov DV. On the theory of dielectric spectroscopy of protein solutions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2012; 24:325105-8. [PMID: 22750762 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/32/325105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present a theory of the dielectric response of solutions containing large solutes, of the nanometer size, in a molecular solvent. It combines the molecular dipole moment of the solute with the polarization of a large subensemble of solvent molecules at the solute-solvent interface. The goal of the theory is two-fold: (i) to formulate the problem of the dielectric response avoiding the reliance on the cavity-field susceptibility of dielectric theories and (ii) to separate the non-additive polarization of the interface, jointly produced by the external field of the laboratory experiment and the solute, from specific solute-solvent interactions contributing to the dielectric signal. The theory is applied to experimentally reported frequency-dependent dielectric spectra of lysozyme in solution. The analysis of the data in the broad range of frequencies up to 700 GHz shows that the cavity-field susceptibility, critical for the theory formulation, is consistent with the prediction of Maxwell's electrostatics in the frequency range of 10-200 GHz, but deviates from it outside this range. In particular, it becomes much smaller than the Maxwell result, and shifts to negative values, at small frequencies. The latter observation implies a dia-electric response, or negative dielectrophoresis, of hydrated lysozyme. It also implies that the effective protein dipole recorded by dielectric spectroscopy is much smaller than the value calculated from the protein's charge distribution. We suggest an empirical equation that describes both the increment of the static dielectric constant and the decrement of the Debye water peak with increasing protein concentration. It gives fair agreement with broad-band dispersion and loss spectra of protein solutions, but misses the δ-dispersion region.
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- Dmitry V Matyushov
- Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA.
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Oprea S, Potolinca V. The influence of the chemical structure on the dielectric behavior of triazine derivative-based polyurethane–urea elastomers. Des Monomers Polym 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/15685551.2012.705489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- S. Oprea
- a ‘Petru Poni’ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda No. 41-A, 700487 , Iasi , Romania
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- a ‘Petru Poni’ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda No. 41-A, 700487 , Iasi , Romania
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Rodríguez-Arteche I, Cerveny S, Alegría Á, Colmenero J. Dielectric spectroscopy in the GHz region on fully hydrated zwitterionic amino acids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:11352-62. [PMID: 22796741 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41496a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The complex dielectric permittivity of eight different amino acids in water solutions was determined in the frequency range from 0.2 to 20 GHz at room temperature, trying to span the whole range of solubility in each case. Two relaxations were observed at room temperature in this frequency range, which can be mainly assigned to the rotation of amino acids in the aqueous environment, and the reorientational motion of water molecules, respectively. Although the amino acids have a charged (zwitterionic) nature with huge dipole moments, the tendency towards dipolar alignment seems to be very weak, over the investigated concentration ranges. For these small bio-molecules, water screens solute-solute interactions and amino acids remain typically as isolated hydrated monomers. The dielectric results were used to estimate the number of water molecules restrained by each solute molecule. Finally, the comparison between the amino acid relaxation times made it possible to discuss the relationship between rotational dynamics and the structure and hydrodynamic coupling of the amino acid studied.
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- Iñigo Rodríguez-Arteche
- Centro de Física de Materiales - Material Physics Centre (MPC), CSIC - Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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Wolf M, Gulich R, Lunkenheimer P, Loidl A. Relaxation dynamics of a protein solution investigated by dielectric spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1824:723-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sterpone F, Stirnemann G, Laage D. Magnitude and Molecular Origin of Water Slowdown Next to a Protein. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:4116-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3007897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fabio Sterpone
- Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR ENS-CNRS-UPMC 8640, 24 rue Lhomond,
75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR ENS-CNRS-UPMC 8640, 24 rue Lhomond,
75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR ENS-CNRS-UPMC 8640, 24 rue Lhomond,
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Mellor BL, Kellis NA, Mazzeo BA. Dielectric spectroscopy of molecular interactions based on the avidin-biotin complex. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012; 2011:3660-3. [PMID: 22255133 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Dielectric spectroscopy is used to probe the electrical properties of biomolecules dissolved in liquids. A 40 μl cell is constructed out of acrylic with polished, stainless steel electrodes. Experiments are performed on avidin and biotin-labeled BSA, showing characteristics of aggregation. Experiments with avidin and biotin demonstrate shifts in dielectric relaxation of the avidin associated with changes in the dipole moment and size of the molecule due to biotin binding. These shifts are analyzed in the context of biomolecular changes. These experiments demonstrate the utility of impedance spectroscopy to detect changes due to small molecules binding to proteins.
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- Brett L Mellor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Mellor BL, Cortés EC, Khadka S, Mazzeo BA. Increased bandwidth for dielectric spectroscopy of proteins through electrode surface preparation. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2012; 83:015110. [PMID: 22299989 DOI: 10.1063/1.3678324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Dielectric spectroscopy measurements of liquids are often limited by electrode polarization. The influence of surface polishing and deposition of the conducting polymer polypyrrole/polystyrenesulfonate (PPy/PSS) on the polarization impedance is investigated. A quantitative description of the electrode polarization contribution to the real-valued permittivity spectrum is derived. This description explains the origin of the ω(-const). (const.>1) dependency commonly observed in permittivity measurements. Electrode surface roughness is correlated with both the magnitude and phase of the constant phase element. Generally, rougher electrodes have better performance, and an order of magnitude bandwidth improvement is achieved using PPy/PSS electrodes.
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- Brett L Mellor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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Krapf S, Weber S, Koslowski T. The road not taken: a theoretical view of an unexpected cryptochrome charge transfer path. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:11518-24. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp40793k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rahman HMA, Hefter G, Buchner R. Hydration of Formate and Acetate Ions by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:314-23. [DOI: 10.1021/jp207504d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Hafiz M. A. Rahman
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Chemistry Department, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Kaatze U. Bound water: Evidence from and implications for the dielectric properties of aqueous solutions. J Mol Liq 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2011.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Perticaroli S, Comez L, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Morresi A, Fioretto D. Extended Frequency Range Depolarized Light Scattering Study of N-Acetyl-leucine-methylamide–Water Solutions. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:12063-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja202272k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stefania Perticaroli
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Via Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- IOM-CNR c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Perugia, Via Pascoli, I-06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Via Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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Vinh NQ, Allen SJ, Plaxco KW. Dielectric Spectroscopy of Proteins as a Quantitative Experimental Test of Computational Models of Their Low-Frequency Harmonic Motions. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:8942-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ja200566u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- N. Q. Vinh
- Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, ‡Department of Physics, and §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, ‡Department of Physics, and §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, ‡Department of Physics, and §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Cametti C, Marchetti S, Gambi C, Onori G. Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy of Lysozyme Aqueous Solutions: Analysis of the δ-Dispersion and the Contribution of the Hydration Water. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:7144-53. [DOI: 10.1021/jp2019389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C. Cametti
- Department of Physics and INFM CRS-SOFT, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Florence and CNISM, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Florence and CNISM, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics and INFM CRS-SOFT, University of Perugia, Via G. Pascoli, Perugia, Italy
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Khodadadi S, Curtis JE, Sokolov AP. Nanosecond Relaxation Dynamics of Hydrated Proteins: Water versus Protein Contributions. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:6222-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp1122213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. Khodadadi
- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States, and Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Mellor BL, Kellis NA, Mazzeo BA. Note: electrode polarization of Galinstan electrodes for liquid impedance spectroscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2011; 82:046110. [PMID: 21529054 DOI: 10.1063/1.3581229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Electrode polarization is a significant obstacle in the impedance measurements of ionic liquids. An atomically smooth electrode surface could potentially reduce unwanted impedance contributions from electrode polarization. Liquid metal electrodes were formed by adhering Galinstan to acrylic plates in a parallel-plate capacitor arrangement. Electrode polarization was compared to a similar cell with stainless steel electrodes. The impedance of salt and protein solutions (β-lactoglobulin) was measured from 40 Hz to 110 MHz. Because of oxide layer formation, the performance of the Galinstan electrode is significantly different than the theoretical ideal.
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- Brett L Mellor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, 459 Clyde Building, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
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Belton P. Spectroscopic Approaches to the Understanding of Water in Foods. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2010.535234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mellor BL, Cruz Cortés E, Busath DD, Mazzeo BA. Method for Estimating the Internal Permittivity of Proteins Using Dielectric Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:2205-13. [DOI: 10.1021/jp1111873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Brett L. Mellor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ‡Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ‡Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ‡Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ‡Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
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Giraud-Carrier M, Moon K, Teng E, Hawkins AR, Warnick KF, Mazzeo BA. Broadband RF impedance spectroscopy in micromachined microfluidic channels. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011; 2011:4042-4045. [PMID: 22255227 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Impedance spectroscopy in the radio frequency range from 100 MHz to 20 GHz can reveal the dielectric relaxations of biological and chemical solutions. S-parameters for a coplanar waveguide are derived. To perform these measurements, a coplanar waveguide device was fabricated on a conventional FR-4 substrate for fluid interrogation. The microfluidic channel was formed by milling conventional waveguides and laser-cutting channels in the dielectric substrate. Measurements using this device were performed on standards: deionized water, isopropyl alcohol, and air. These measurements were compared to those taken with a conventional dielectric probe. The results demonstrate the ability of the fabricated device to extract varying transmission parameters due to changing sample properties.
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- Matthieu Giraud-Carrier
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Mazzeo BA, Chandra S, Mellor BL, Arellano J. Temperature-stable parallel-plate dielectric cell for broadband liquid impedance measurements. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2010; 81:125103. [PMID: 21198047 DOI: 10.1063/1.3509388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A liquid impedance cell for broadband impedance measurements up to 110 MHz is presented. The design incorporates temperature control and minimizes parasitic capacitance and inductance. The cell is simple to fabricate and uses chemically resistant materials, stainless steel, and Teflon. This dielectric cell can be used in a variety of liquid measurements, particularly those related to impedance measurements of biological objects in solution. Temperature control is illustrated in measurements of the permittivity of deionized water from 5 to 55 °C. Numerical fitting procedures employed on the relaxation curves indicate good agreement with previous studies on beta-lactoglobulin and hen lysozyme. Titration capability is demonstrated through dielectric titration of hen lysozyme and beta-lactoglobulin.
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- Brian A Mazzeo
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Clyde Building, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
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Khodadadi S, Roh JH, Kisliuk A, Mamontov E, Tyagi M, Woodson SA, Briber RM, Sokolov AP. Dynamics of biological macromolecules: not a simple slaving by hydration water. Biophys J 2010; 98:1321-6. [PMID: 20371332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Revised: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We studied the dynamics of hydrated tRNA using neutron and dielectric spectroscopy techniques. A comparison of our results with earlier data reveals that the dynamics of hydrated tRNA is slower and varies more strongly with temperature than the dynamics of hydrated proteins. At the same time, tRNA appears to have faster dynamics than DNA. We demonstrate that a similar difference appears in the dynamics of hydration water for these biomolecules. The results and analysis contradict the traditional view of slaved dynamics, which assumes that the dynamics of biological macromolecules just follows the dynamics of hydration water. Our results demonstrate that the dynamics of biological macromolecules and their hydration water depends strongly on the chemical and three-dimensional structures of the biomolecules. We conclude that the whole concept of slaving dynamics should be reconsidered, and that the mutual influence of biomolecules and their hydration water must be taken into account.
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- S Khodadadi
- Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
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Wazawa T, Miyazaki T, Sambongi Y, Suzuki M. Hydration analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c551 upon acid unfolding by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. Biophys Chem 2010; 151:160-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Revised: 06/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Perticaroli S, Comez L, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Lupi L, Fioretto D, Paciaroni A, Morresi A. Broadband depolarized light scattering study of diluted protein aqueous solutions. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:8262-9. [PMID: 20509696 DOI: 10.1021/jp101896f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A broadband depolarized light scattering (DLS) study is performed on diluted lysozyme aqueous solutions as a function of temperature and concentration. The dynamical susceptibility, obtained in a wide spectral range (0.6-36000 GHz) through the coupled use of interferometric and dispersive devices, is interpreted and compared with neutron scattering and Raman-induced optical Kerr-effect literature data, thus giving a general picture of relaxation phenomena. We show that the proposed approach represents a suitable tool for investigating the hydration dynamics of protein-water solutions. A detailed analysis of the quasi-elastic scattering region evidences the existence of two distinct relaxational processes at picosecond time scales. The fast process (fractions of picosecond) is attributed to bulk water dynamics, while the slow one (few picoseconds) is attributed to dynamical rearrangements of water molecules strongly influenced by the protein (hydration water). The retardation effect here estimated of about 6-7 can be regarded as a direct measure of the increased protein-water and water-water hydrogen bond stability of the water molecules within the protein hydration shell. Interestingly, a similar effect was previously observed on small hydrophilic sugar molecules. Moreover, backbone and side chains torsional motions of the protein in the 600-5300 GHz frequency range are found to be insensitive to thermal variations and to eventual changes occurring in the premelting zone.
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Oprea S. Effect of the hard-segment structure on the dielectric relaxation of crosslinked polyurethanes. J Appl Polym Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/app.32958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mazur K, Heisler IA, Meech SR. Ultrafast Dynamics and Hydrogen-Bond Structure in Aqueous Solutions of Model Peptides. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:10684-91. [DOI: 10.1021/jp106423a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kamila Mazur
- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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LeBard DN, Matyushov DV. Ferroelectric Hydration Shells around Proteins: Electrostatics of the Protein−Water Interface. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:9246-58. [DOI: 10.1021/jp1006999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David N. LeBard
- Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604
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- Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604
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DNA hybridization detection by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy using interdigitated gold nanoelectrodes. Mikrochim Acta 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-010-0358-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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