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Demchenko AP. Proton transfer reactions: from photochemistry to biochemistry and bioenergetics. BBA ADVANCES 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2023.100085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Chen L, Li X, Xie Y, Liu N, Qin X, Chen X, Bu Y. Modulation of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in lysine-containing alpha-helixes: alpha-helixes promoting long-range electron transfer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14592-14602. [PMID: 35667661 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00666a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reaction plays an important role in promoting many biological and chemical reactions. Usually, the rate of the PCET reaction increases with an increase in the electron transfer distance because long-range electron transfer requires more free energy barriers. Our density functional theory calculations here reveal that the mechanism of PCET occurring in lysine-containing alpha(α)-helixes changes with an increasing number of residues in the α-helical structure and the different conformations because of the modulation of the excess electron distribution by the α-helical structures. The rate constants of the corresponding PCET reactions are independent of or substantially shallower dependent on the electron transfer distances along α-helixes. This counter-intuitive behavior can be attributed to the fact that the formation of larger macro-cylindrical dipole moments in longer helixes can promote electron transfer along the α-helix with a low energy barrier. These findings may be useful to gain insights into long-range electron transfer in proteins and design α-helix-based electronics via the regulation of short-range proton transfer.
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- Long Chen
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China.
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Ge Y, Lei Y, Lei X, Gan W, Shu L, Yang X. Exploration of reaction rates of chlorine dioxide with tryptophan residue in oligopeptides and proteins. J Environ Sci (China) 2020; 93:129-136. [PMID: 32446448 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chlorine dioxide (ClO2), an alternative disinfectant to chlorine, has a superior ability to inactivate microorganisms, in which protein damage has been considered as the main inactivation mechanism. However, the reactivity of ClO2 with amino acid residues in oligopeptides and proteins remains poorly investigated. In this research, we studied the reaction rate constants of ClO2 with tryptophan residues in five heptapeptides and four proteins using stopped-flow or competition kinetic method. Each heptapeptide and protein contain only one tryptophan residue and the reactivity of tryptophan residue with ClO2 was lower than that of free tryptophan (3.88 × 104 (mol/L)-1sec-1 at pH 7.0). The neighboring amino acid residues affected the reaction rates through promoting inter-peptide aggregation, changing electron density, shifting pKa values or inducing electron transfer via redox reactions. A single amino acid residue difference in oligopeptides can make the reaction rate constants differ by over 60% (e.g. 3.01 × 104 (mol/L)-1sec-1 for DDDWNDD and 1.85 × 104 (mol/L)-1sec-1 for DDDWDDD at pH 7.0 (D: aspartic acid, W: tryptophan, N: asparagine)). The reaction rates of tryptophan-containing oligopeptides were also highly pH-dependent with higher reactivity for deprotonated tryptophan than the neutral specie. Tryptophan residues in proteins spanned a 4-fold range reactivity toward ClO2 (i.e. 0.84 × 104 (mol/L)-1sec-1 for ribonuclease T1 and 3.21 × 104 (mol/L)-1sec-1 for melittin at pH 7.0) with accessibility to the oxidant as the determinating factor. The local environment surrounding the tryptophan residue in proteins can also accelerate the reaction rates by increasing the electron density of the indole ring of tryptophan or inhibit the reaction rates by inducing electron transfer reactions. The results are of significance in advancing understanding of ClO2 oxidative reactions with proteins and microbial inactivation mechanisms.
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- Yuexian Ge
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Piatkivskyi A, Lau JKC, Berden G, Oomens J, Hopkinson AC, Siu KM, Ryzhov V. Hydrogen atom transfer in the radical cations of tryptophan-containing peptides AW and WA studied by mass spectrometry, infrared multiple-photon dissociation spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2019; 25:112-121. [PMID: 30282467 DOI: 10.1177/1469066718802547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two types of radical cations of tryptophan-the π-radical cation and the protonated tryptophan-N radical-have been studied in dipeptides AW and WA. The π-radical cation produced by removal of an electron during collision-induced dissociation of a ternary Cu(II) complex was only observed for the AW peptide. In the case of WA, only the ion corresponding to the loss of ammonia, [WA-NH3] •+, was observed from the copper complex. Both protonated tryptophan-N radicals were produced by N-nitrosylation of the neutral peptides followed by transfer to the gas phase via electrospray ionization and subsequent collision-induced dissociation. The regiospecifically formed N• species were characterized by infrared multiple-photon dissociation spectroscopy which revealed that the WA tryptophan-N• radical remains the nitrogen radical, while the AW nitrogen radical rearranges into the π-radical cation. These findings are supported by the density functional theory calculations that suggest a relatively high barrier for the radical rearrangement (N• to π) in WA (156.3 kJ mol-1) and a very low barrier in AW (6.1 kJ mol-1). The facile hydrogen atom migration in the AW system is also supported by the collision-induced dissociation of the tryptophan-N radical species that produces fragments characteristic of the tryptophan π-radical cation. Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions with n-propyl thiol have also been used to differentiate between the π-radical cations (react by hydrogen abstraction) and the tryptophan-N• species (unreactive) of AW.
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- Andrii Piatkivskyi
- 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- 2 Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry, York University, Ontario, Canada
- 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- 4 Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory Radboud University, ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- 4 Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory Radboud University, ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- 2 Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry, York University, Ontario, Canada
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- 2 Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry, York University, Ontario, Canada
- 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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Egli CM, Janssen EML. Proteomics Approach To Trace Site-Specific Damage in Aquatic Extracellular Enzymes During Photoinactivation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:7671-7679. [PMID: 29920080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Extracellular enzymes are major drivers of biogeochemical nutrient and carbon cycling in surface water. While photoinactivation is regarded as a major inactivation process of these enzymes, the underlying molecular changes have received little attention. This study demonstrates how light exposure leads to a rapid loss of phosphatase, aminopeptidase, and glucosidase activities of biofilm samples and model enzymes. Here, an optimized proteomics approach allowed simultaneous observation of inactivation and molecular changes. Site-specific fingerprints of degradation kinetics have been generated and visualized in the three-dimensional proteins. Oxidation of tryptophan, the chromophoric target, initiated secondary reactions. Evidence was obtained that tyrosine residues act as intramolecular antioxidants, reflected in decelerated decay of tryptophan-containing peptides and enhanced decay of tyrosine-containing peptides. In addition, subsequent methionine oxidation and disulfide reduction contribute to heterogeneous photodamage. The proximity to tryptophan residues explains >95% of the photodamage across the protein structures. The presence of redox active organic matter or a model antioxidant in solution quenched not only photoinactivation and tryptophan oxidation but also all subsequent damage. The developed analytical approach can be applied to other research questions in environmental sciences where site-specific damage in a protein is essential.
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- Christine M Egli
- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics , ETH Zurich , Zürich , 8092 , Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag , Dübendorf , 8600 , Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag , Dübendorf , 8600 , Switzerland
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Peptides as Bio-inspired Molecular Electronic Materials. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 29081052 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66095-0_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Understanding the electronic properties of single peptides is not only of fundamental importance to biology, but it is also pivotal to the realization of bio-inspired molecular electronic materials. Natural proteins have evolved to promote electron transfer in many crucial biological processes. However, their complex conformational nature inhibits a thorough investigation, so in order to study electron transfer in proteins, simple peptide models containing redox active moieties present as ideal candidates. Here we highlight the importance of secondary structure characteristic to proteins/peptides, and its relevance to electron transfer. The proposed mechanisms responsible for such transfer are discussed, as are details of the electrochemical techniques used to investigate their electronic properties. Several factors that have been shown to influence electron transfer in peptides are also considered. Finally, a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study demonstrates that the electron transfer kinetics of peptides can be successfully fine tuned through manipulation of chemical composition and backbone rigidity. The methods used to characterize the conformation of all peptides synthesized throughout the study are outlined, along with the various approaches used to further constrain the peptides into their geometric conformations. The aforementioned sheds light on the potential of peptides to one day play an important role in the fledgling field of molecular electronics.
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Sim T, Lim C, Hoang NH, Kim JE, Lee ES, Youn YS, Oh KT. Synergistic photodynamic therapeutic effect of indole-3-acetic acid using a pH sensitive nano-carrier based on poly(aspartic acid-graft-imidazole)-poly(ethylene glycol). J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:8498-8505. [PMID: 32264517 DOI: 10.1039/c7tb01651d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Poly(aspartic acid-graft-imidazole)-poly(ethylene glycol) (P(Asp-g-Im)-PEG) was utilized as a pH-sensitive nanocarrier of the photosensitizer indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) for the treatment of skin cancer. IAA loaded micelles (ILMs) exhibited the formation of ca. 140 nm spherical particles at pH 7.4. The micelles disintegrated at acidic pHs, resulting in pH-dependent IAA release and cytotoxicity. Treatment of ILMs with visible light at a wavelength of 480 nm caused pH dependent synergistic cell damage in both in vitro and in vivo models using the B16F10 melanoma cell line. Interestingly, ILMs synergistically produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) at an acidic pH of 6.5 with visible light irradiation by proton coupled electron transfer (PCET). The pH sensitive ILMs could be considered a potent nanomedicine used to exert synergistic photodynamic therapeutic effects to treat cancers.
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- Taehoon Sim
- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, Korea.
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Wang R, Ranganathan SV, Valsangkar VA, Magliocco SM, Shen F, Chen A, Sheng J. Water-bridged hydrogen bond formation between 5-hydroxylmethylcytosine (5-hmC) and its 3'-neighbouring bases in A- and B-form DNA duplexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:16389-92. [PMID: 26411524 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06563a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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5-Hydroxylmethylcytosine (5hmC) has been recognized as the sixth base with important biological functions in many tissues and cell types. We present here the high-resolution crystal structures and molecular simulation studies of both A-form and B-form DNA duplexes containing 5hmC. We observed that 5hmC interacts with its 3'-neighboring bases through water-bridged hydrogen bonds and these interactions may affect the further oxidation of 5hmC.
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- Rui Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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A novel collagen-nanohydroxyapatite microRNA-activated scaffold for tissue engineering applications capable of efficient delivery of both miR-mimics and antagomiRs to human mesenchymal stem cells. J Control Release 2014; 200:42-51. [PMID: 25550154 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Manipulation of gene expression through the use of microRNAs (miRNAs) offers tremendous potential for the field of tissue engineering. However, the lack of sufficient site-specific and bioactive delivery systems has severely hampered the clinical translation of miRNA-based therapies. In this study, we developed a novel non-viral bioactive delivery platform for miRNA mimics and antagomiRs to allow for a vast range of therapeutic applications. By combining nanohydroxyapatite (nHA) particles with reporter miRNAs (nanomiRs) and collagen-nanohydroxyapatite scaffolds, this work introduces the first non-viral, non-lipid platform to date, capable of efficient delivery of mature miRNA molecules to human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), a particularly difficult cell type to transfect effectively, with minimal treatment-associated cytotoxicity. Firstly, miRNAs were successfully delivered to hMSCs in monolayer, with internalisation efficiencies of 17.4 and 39.6% for nanomiR-mimics and nanoantagomiRs respectively, and both nanomiR-mimics and nanoantagomiRs yielded sustained interfering activity of greater than 90% in monolayer over 7 days. When applied to 3D scaffolds, significant RNA interference of 20% for nanomiR-mimics and 88.4% for nanoantagomiRs was achieved with no cytotoxicity issues over a 7 day period. In summary, in-house synthesised non-viral nHA particles efficiently delivered reporter miRNAs both in monolayer and on scaffolds demonstrating the immense potential of this innovative miRNA-activated scaffold system for tissue engineering applications.
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Chen X, Ma G, Sun W, Dai H, Xiao D, Zhang Y, Qin X, Liu Y, Bu Y. Water Promoting Electron Hole Transport between Tyrosine and Cysteine in Proteins via a Special Mechanism: Double Proton Coupled Electron Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:4515-24. [DOI: 10.1021/ja406340z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Xiaohua Chen
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Piatkivskyi A, Osburn S, Jaderberg K, Grzetic J, Steill JD, Oomens J, Zhao J, Lau JKC, Verkerk UH, Hopkinson AC, Siu KWM, Ryzhov V. Structure and reactivity of the distonic and aromatic radical cations of tryptophan. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2013; 24:513-523. [PMID: 23512424 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0594-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this work, we regiospecifically generate and compare the gas-phase properties of two isomeric forms of tryptophan radical cations-a distonic indolyl N-radical (H3N(+) - TrpN(•)) and a canonical aromatic π (Trp(•+)) radical cation. The distonic radical cation was generated by nitrosylating the indole nitrogen of tryptophan in solution followed by collision-induced dissociation (CID) of the resulting protonated N-nitroso tryptophan. The π-radical cation was produced via CID of the ternary [Cu(II)(terpy)(Trp)](•2+) complex. CID spectra of the two isomeric species were found to be very different, suggesting no interconversion between the isomers. In gas-phase ion-molecule reactions, the distonic radical cation was unreactive towards n-propylsulfide, whereas the π radical cation reacted by hydrogen atom abstraction. DFT calculations revealed that the distonic indolyl radical cation is about 82 kJ/mol higher in energy than the π radical cation of tryptophan. The low reactivity of the distonic nitrogen radical cation was explained by spin delocalization of the radical over the aromatic ring and the remote, localized charge (at the amino nitrogen). The lack of interconversion between the isomers under both trapping and CID conditions was explained by the high rearrangement barrier of ca.137 kJ/mol. Finally, the two isomers were characterized by infrared multiple-photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy in the ~1000-1800 cm(-1) region. It was found that some of the main experimental IR features overlap between the two species, making their distinction by IRMPD spectroscopy in this region problematic. In addition, DFT theoretical calculations showed that the IR spectra are strongly conformation-dependent.
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- Andrii Piatkivskyi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
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Mujika JI, Uranga J, Matxain JM. Computational study on the attack of ·OH radicals on aromatic amino acids. Chemistry 2013; 19:6862-73. [PMID: 23536477 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The attack of hydroxyl radicals on aromatic amino acid side chains, namely phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan, have been studied by using density functional theory. Two reaction mechanisms were considered: 1) Addition reactions onto the aromatic ring atoms and 2) hydrogen abstraction from all of the possible atoms on the side chains. The thermodynamics and kinetics of the attack of a maximum of two hydroxyl radicals were studied, considering the effect of different protein environments at two different dielectric values (4 and 80). The obtained theoretical results explain how the radical attacks take place and provide new insight into the reasons for the experimentally observed preferential mechanism. These results indicate that, even though the attack of the first (·)OH radical on an aliphatic C atom is energetically favored, the larger delocalization and concomitant stabilization that are obtained by attack on the aromatic side chain prevail. Thus, the obtained theoretical results are in agreement with the experimental evidence that the aromatic side chain is the main target for radical attack and show that the first (·)OH radical is added onto the aromatic ring, whereas a second radical abstracts a hydrogen atom from the same position to obtain the oxidized product. Moreover, the results indicate that the reaction can be favored in the buried region of the protein.
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- J I Mujika
- Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center, PK 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain.
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Han B, Chen X, Zhao J, Bu Y. A peptide loop and an α-helix N-terminal serving as alternative electron hopping relays in proteins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:15849-59. [PMID: 23093308 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41566f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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This work presents a density functional theory calculational study for clarifying that peptide loops (-[peptide](n)-) including the N-terminal and the C-terminal oligopeptides and the α-helix N-terminal can serve as an intriguing kind of relay elements, as an addition to the known relay stations served by aromatic amino acids for electron hopping migration. For these protein motifs, an excess electron generally prefers to reside at the -NH(3)(+) group in a Rydberg state for the N-terminal peptides, or at the -COOH group in a dipole-bound state for the C-terminal peptides, and at the N-terminal in a dipole-bound π*-orbital state for the peptide loops and α-helices. The electron binding ability can be effectively enhanced by elongation for the α-helix N-terminal, and by bending, twisting, and even β-turning for the peptide chains. The relay property is determined by the local dipole instead of the total dipole of the peptide chains. Although no direct experiment supports this hypothesis, a series of recent studies regarding charge hopping migration associated with the peptide chains and helices could be viewed as strong evidence. But, further studies are still needed by considering the effects from relative redox potential between the donor and acceptor sites, protein environment, and structure water molecules.
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- Boran Han
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Siepert EM, Gartz E, Tur MK, Delbrück H, Barth S, Büchs J. Short-chain fluorescent tryptophan tags for on-line detection of functional recombinant proteins. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:65. [PMID: 22999206 PMCID: PMC3544578 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Conventional fluorescent proteins, such as GFP, its derivatives and flavin mononucleotide based fluorescent proteins (FbFPs) are often used as fusion tags for detecting recombinant proteins during cultivation. These reporter tags are state-of-the-art; however, they have some drawbacks, which can make on-line monitoring challenging. It is discussed in the literature that the large molecular size of proteins of the GFP family may stress the host cell metabolism during production. In addition, fluorophore formation of GFP derivatives is oxygen-dependent resulting in a lag-time between expression and fluorescence detection and the maturation of the protein is suppressed under oxygen-limited conditions. On the contrary, FbFPs are also applicable in an oxygen-limited or even anaerobic environment but are still quite large (58% of the size of GFP). RESULTS As an alternative to common fluorescent tags we developed five novel tags based on clustered tryptophan residues, called W-tags. They are only 5-11% of the size of GFP. Based on the property of tryptophan to fluoresce in absence of oxygen it is reasonable to assume that the functionality of our W-tags is also given under anaerobic conditions. We fused these W-tags to a recombinant protein model, the anti-CD30 receptor single-chain fragment variable antibody (scFv) Ki-4(scFv) and the anti-MucI single-chain fragment variable M12(scFv). During cultivation in Microtiter plates, the overall tryptophan fluorescence intensity of all cultures was measured on-line for monitoring product formation via the different W-tags. After correlation of the scattered light signal representing biomass concentration and tryptophan fluorescence for the uninduced cultures, the fluorescence originating from the biomass was subtracted from the overall tryptophan signal. The resulting signal, thus, represents the product fluorescence of the tagged and untagged antibody fragments. The product fluorescence signal was increased. Antibodies with W-tags generated stronger signals than the untagged construct. CONCLUSIONS Our low-molecular-weight W-tags can be used to monitor the production of antibody fragments on-line. The binding specificity of the recombinant fusion protein is not affected, even though the binding activity decreases slightly with increasing number of tryptophan residues in the W-tags. Thus, the newly designed W-tags offer a versatile and generally applicable alternative to current fluorescent fusion tags.
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- Eva-Maria Siepert
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapy, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute of RWTH Aachen University & Hospital, Pauwelsstr 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Weinberg DR, Gagliardi CJ, Hull JF, Murphy CF, Kent CA, Westlake BC, Paul A, Ess DH, McCafferty DG, Meyer TJ. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Chem Rev 2012; 112:4016-93. [DOI: 10.1021/cr200177j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1125] [Impact Index Per Article: 93.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- David R. Weinberg
- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
- Department of Physical and Environmental
Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction,
Colorado 81501-3122, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, B219
Levine Science Research Center, Box 90354, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina 27708-0354, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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- The American Chemical Society,
1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20036,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, B219
Levine Science Research Center, Box 90354, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina 27708-0354, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290,
United States
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Kozlowski PM, Kamachi T, Kumar M, Nakayama T, Yoshizawa K. Theoretical Analysis of the Diradical Nature of Adenosylcobalamin Cofactor−Tyrosine Complex in B12-Dependent Mutases: Inspiring PCET-Driven Enzymatic Catalysis. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:5928-39. [DOI: 10.1021/jp100573b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pawel M. Kozlowski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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