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Gaza JT, Nellas RB. Reparameterization of Non-Bonded Parameters for Copper Ions in Plastocyanin: An Adaptive Force Matching Study. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:4654-4663. [PMID: 37459569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Molecular mechanics rely on existing experimental and theoretical inputs to confidently calculate the trajectories of molecular systems. These calculations, however, are often hindered by missing force field parameters. A notable subject of this problem is metal centers of proteins. This study parameterized, through an adaptive force matching (AFM) workflow, the copper cofactor of plastocyanin in its two oxidation states. New 12-6 Lennard-Jones (LJ) parameters and atomic partial charges were generated to complete the non-bonded description of the copper site. Our models show uniform distorted tetrahedral structures for reduced plastocyanin, Cu(I), and oxidized plastocyanin, Cu(II). These structures align with the QM/MM MD results and existing crystallography studies. TD-DFT calculations, meanwhile, showed that conformations with elongated axial Cu-SMet and shortened equatorial Cu-SCys bonds retain the experimental UV-Vis profile of blue copper (BC) proteins, thus signifying the importance of Cu-S interactions on BC proteins' unique spectroscopic properties.
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- Jokent T Gaza
- Institute of Chemistry, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute of Chemistry, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines
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Hait D, Haugen EA, Yang Z, Oosterbaan KJ, Leone SR, Head-Gordon M. Accurate prediction of core-level spectra of radicals at density functional theory cost via square gradient minimization and recoupling of mixed configurations. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:134108. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0018833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Diptarka Hait
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Besley NA. Density Functional Theory Based Methods for the Calculation of X-ray Spectroscopy. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:1306-1315. [PMID: 32613827 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The availability of new light sources combined with the realization of the unique capabilities of spectroscopy in the X-ray region has driven tremendous advances in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Currently, these techniques are emerging as powerful analytical tools for the study of a wide range of problems encompassing liquids, materials, and biological systems. Time-resolved measurements add a further dimension to X-ray spectroscopy, opening up the potential to resolve ultrafast chemical processes at an atomic level. X-ray spectroscopy encompasses a range of techniques which provide complementary information, and these include X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). In many studies, the interpretation of the experimental data relies upon calculations to enable the nature of the underlying molecular structure, electronic structure, and bonding to be revealed. Density functional theory (DFT) based methods are some of the most widely used methods for the simulation of X-ray spectra. In this Account, we focus on our recent contributions to the simulation of a range of X-ray spectroscopic techniques using DFT and linear-response time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and show how these methods can provide a computational toolkit for the simulation of X-ray spectroscopy. The importance of the exchange-correlation functional for the calculation of XAS is discussed, and the introduction of short-range corrected functionals is described. The application of these calculations to study large systems through the use of efficient implementations of TDDFT will be highlighted, with the use of these methods illustrated through studies of ionic liquids and transition metal complexes. The extension of TDDFT to calculate XES through the use of a reference determinant for the core-ionized state will be described, and the factors that affect the accuracy of the computed spectra discussed. The application of these approaches will be illustrated through the study of a range of organic molecules and transition metal complexes, which also show how going beyond the dipole approximation in determining the transition intensities can be critical. The application of these approaches to the simulation of the RIXS spectrum of water will also be described, highlighting how ultrafast dynamics on the femtoscale time scale are evident in the measured spectra. In these calculations, the description of the core-ionized and core-excited states becomes increasingly important, and the role of the basis set in accurately describing these states will be explored.
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- Nicholas A. Besley
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Hurd CA, Besley NA, Robinson D. A QM/MM study of the nature of the entatic state in plastocyanin. J Comput Chem 2016; 38:1431-1437. [PMID: 27859435 PMCID: PMC5434870 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 10/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Plastocyanin is a copper containing protein that is involved in the electron transfer process in photosynthetic organisms. The active site of plastocyanin is described as an entatic state whereby its structure represents a compromise between the structures favored by the oxidized and reduced forms. In this study, the nature of the entatic state is investigated through density functional theory‐based hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics simulations. The strain energy is computed to be 12.8 kcal/mol and 14.5 kcal/mol for the oxidized and reduced forms of the protein, indicating that the active site has an intermediate structure. It is shown that the energy gap between the oxidized and reduced forms varies significantly with the fluctuations in the structure of the active site at room temperature. An accurate determination of the reorganization energy requires averaging over conformation and a large region of the protein around the active site to be treated at the quantum mechanical level. © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Computational Chemistry Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Catherine A Hurd
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Roper IPE, Besley NA. The effect of basis set and exchange-correlation functional on time-dependent density functional theory calculations within the Tamm-Dancoff approximation of the x-ray emission spectroscopy of transition metal complexes. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:114104. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4943862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ian P. E. Roper
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Robinson D. Accurate Excited State Geometries within Reduced Subspace TDDFT/TDA. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:5346-52. [DOI: 10.1021/ct500687j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David Robinson
- School of Chemistry, University Of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Blake HL, Robinson D. QM/MM studies of contemporary and novel membrane raft fluorescent probes. Molecules 2014; 19:10230-41. [PMID: 25029071 PMCID: PMC6271554 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190710230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have studied a number of contemporary and novel membrane probes, selected for their structural similarity to membrane raft components, in order to properly anchor themselves within a sphingolipid/cholesterol rich region. A QM/MM approach was adopted in order to understand the structural and electrostatic influences of fluorescence emission shifts of the probes in different lipid and solvation environments. The proposed modifications to the membrane probes have shown encouraging data relating not only to emission shifts within the membrane, but also their ability to anchor within a membrane raft domain and the stability to internalization within a membrane system.
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- Hannah L Blake
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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Bokarev SI, Dantz M, Suljoti E, Kühn O, Aziz EF. State-dependent electron delocalization dynamics at the solute-solvent interface: soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:083002. [PMID: 24010434 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.083002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Nonradiative decay channels in the L-edge fluorescence yield spectra from transition-metal-aqueous solutions give rise to spectral distortions with respect to x-ray transmission spectra. Their origin is unraveled here using partial and inverse partial fluorescence yields on the microjet combined with multireference ab initio electronic structure calculations. Comparing Fe2+, Fe3+, and Co2+ systems we demonstrate and quantify unequivocally the state-dependent electron delocalization within the manifold of d orbitals as one origin of this observation.
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- Sergey I Bokarev
- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Universitätsplatz 3, D-18055 Rostock, Germany
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The role of Hartree–Fock exchange in the simulation of X-ray absorption spectra: A study of photoexcited. Chem Phys Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Do H, Besley NA. Theoretical Study of the Electronic Spectra of Small Molecules That Incorporate Analogues of the Copper–Cysteine Bond. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:8507-14. [DOI: 10.1021/jp305807z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hainam Do
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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Monari A, Very T, Rivail JL, Assfeld X. Effects of mutations on the absorption spectra of copper proteins: a QM/MM study. Theor Chem Acc 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-012-1221-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Srnec M, Rokob TA, Schwartz JK, Kwak Y, Rulíšek L, Solomon EI. Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of the Peroxodiferric Intermediate of Ricinus communis Soluble Δ9 Desaturase. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:2806-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ic2018067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Martin Srnec
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080,
United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080,
United States
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Rokob TA, Srnec M, Rulíšek L. Theoretical calculations of physico-chemical and spectroscopic properties of bioinorganic systems: current limits and perspectives. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:5754-68. [DOI: 10.1039/c2dt12423h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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