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Feng RR, Wang M, Zhang W, Gai F. Unnatural Amino Acids for Biological Spectroscopy and Microscopy. Chem Rev 2024; 124:6501-6542. [PMID: 38722769 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Due to advances in methods for site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into proteins, a large number of UAAs with tailored chemical and/or physical properties have been developed and used in a wide array of biological applications. In particular, UAAs with specific spectroscopic characteristics can be used as external reporters to produce additional signals, hence increasing the information content obtainable in protein spectroscopic and/or imaging measurements. In this Review, we summarize the progress in the past two decades in the development of such UAAs and their applications in biological spectroscopy and microscopy, with a focus on UAAs that can be used as site-specific vibrational, fluorescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probes. Wherever applicable, we also discuss future directions.
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- Ran-Ran Feng
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics and Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Ball R, Jackson JA, Simeon T, Schatz GC, Shafer JC, Anna JM. Vibrational anisotropy decay resolves rare earth binding induced conformational change in DTPA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:10078-10090. [PMID: 38482833 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00673a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Elucidating the relationship between metal-ligand interactions and the associated conformational change of the ligand is critical for understanding the separation of lanthanides via ion binding. Here we examine DTPA, a multidentate ligand that binds lanthanides, in its free and metal bound conformations using ultrafast polarization dependent vibrational spectroscopy. The polarization dependent pump-probe spectra were analyzed to extract the isotropic and anisotropic response of DTPA's carbonyl groups in the 1550-1650 cm-1 spectral region. The isotropic response reports on the population relaxation of the carbonyl stretching modes. We find that the isotropic response is influenced by the identity of the metal ion. The anisotropy decay of the carbonyl stretching modes reveals a faster decay in the lanthanide-DTPA complexes than in the free DTPA ligand. We attribute the anisotropy decay to energy transfer among the different carbonyl sites - where the conformational change results in an increased coupling between the carbonyl sites of metal-bound DTPA complexes. DFT calculations and theoretical simulations of energy transfer suggest that the carbonyl sites are more strongly coupled in the metal-bound conformations compared to the free DTPA. The stronger coupling in the metal bound DTPA conformation leads to efficient energy transfer among the different carbonyl sites. Comparing the rate of anisotropy decay across the series of metal bound DTPA complexes we find that the anisotropy is sensitive to the charge density of the central metal ion, and thus can serve as a molecular scale reporter for lanthanide ion binding.
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- Ranadeb Ball
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- School of STEM, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
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Baronio CM, Barth A. Refining protein amide I spectrum simulations with simple yet effective electrostatic models for local wavenumbers and dipole derivative magnitudes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:1166-1181. [PMID: 38099625 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02018e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Analysis of the amide I band of proteins is probably the most wide-spread application of bioanalytical infrared spectroscopy. Although highly desirable for a more detailed structural interpretation, a quantitative description of this absorption band is still difficult. This work optimized several electrostatic models with the aim to reproduce the effect of the protein environment on the intrinsic wavenumber of a local amide I oscillator. We considered the main secondary structures - α-helices, parallel and antiparallel β-sheets - with a maximum of 21 amide groups. The models were based on the electric potential and/or the electric field component along the CO bond at up to four atoms in an amide group. They were bench-marked by comparison to Hessian matrices reconstructed from density functional theory calculations at the BPW91, 6-31G** level. The performance of the electrostatic models depended on the charge set used to calculate the electric field and potential. Gromos and DSSP charge sets, used in common force fields, were not optimal for the better performing models. A good compromise between performance and the stability of model parameters was achieved by a model that considered the electric field at the positions of the oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen atoms of the considered amide group. The model describes also some aspects of the local conformation effect and performs similar on its own as in combination with an explicit implementation of the local conformation effect. It is better than a combination of a local hydrogen bonding model with the local conformation effect. Even though the short-range hydrogen bonding model performs worse, it captures important aspects of the local wavenumber sensitivity to the molecular surroundings. We improved also the description of the coupling between local amide I oscillators by developing an electrostatic model for the dependency of the dipole derivative magnitude on the protein environment.
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- Cesare M Baronio
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Man VH, He X, Nguyen PH, Sagui C, Roland C, Xie XQ, Wang J. Unpolarized laser method for infrared spectrum calculation of amide I CO bonds in proteins using molecular dynamics simulation. Comput Biol Med 2023; 159:106902. [PMID: 37086661 PMCID: PMC10186340 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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The investigation of the strong infrared (IR)-active amide I modes of peptides and proteins has received considerable attention because a wealth of detailed information on hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole interactions, and the conformations of the peptide backbone can be derived from the amide I bands. The interpretation of experimental spectra typically requires substantial theoretical support, such as direct ab-initio molecular dynamics simulation or mixed quantum-classical description. However, considering the difficulties associated with these theoretical methods and their applications are limited in small peptides, it is highly desirable to develop a simple yet efficient approach for simulating the amide I modes of any large proteins in solution. In this work, we proposed a comprehensive computational method that extends the well-established molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method to include an unpolarized IR laser for exciting the CO bonds of proteins. We showed the amide I frequency corresponding to the frequency of the laser pulse which resonated with the CO bond vibration. At this frequency, the protein energy and the CO bond length fluctuation were maximized. Overall, the amide I bands of various single proteins and amyloids agreed well with experimental data. The method has been implemented into the AMBER simulation package, making it widely available to the scientific community. Additionally, the application of the method to simulate the transient amide I bands of amyloid fibrils during the IR laser-induced disassembly process was discussed in details.
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- Viet Hoang Man
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- CNRS, Université Paris Cité, UPR9080, Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Fondation Edmond de Rothschild, 13 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8202, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8202, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
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Meng W, Peng HC, Liu Y, Stelling A, Wang L. Modeling the Infrared Spectroscopy of Oligonucleotides with 13C Isotope Labels. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2351-2361. [PMID: 36898003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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The carbonyl stretching modes have been widely used in linear and two-dimensional infrared (IR) spectroscopy to probe the conformation, interaction, and biological functions of nucleic acids. However, due to their universal appearance in nucleobases, the IR absorption bands of nucleic acids are often highly congested in the 1600-1800 cm-1 region. Following the fruitful applications in proteins, 13C isotope labels have been introduced to the IR measurements of oligonucleotides to reveal their site-specific structural fluctuations and hydrogen bonding conditions. In this work, we combine recently developed frequency and coupling maps to develop a theoretical strategy that models the IR spectra of oligonucleotides with 13C labels directly from molecular dynamics simulations. We apply the theoretical method to nucleoside 5'-monophosphates and DNA double helices and demonstrate how elements of the vibrational Hamiltonian determine the spectral features and their changes upon isotope labeling. Using the double helices as examples, we show that the calculated IR spectra are in good agreement with experiments and the 13C isotope labeling technique can potentially be applied to characterize the stacking configurations and secondary structures of nucleic acids.
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- Wenting Meng
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Statistics, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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You X, Thakur N, Ray AP, Eddy MT, Baiz CR. A comparative study of interfacial environments in lipid nanodiscs and vesicles. BIOPHYSICAL REPORTS 2022; 2. [PMID: 36176716 PMCID: PMC9518727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpr.2022.100066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Membrane protein conformations and dynamics are driven by the protein-lipid interactions occurring within the local environment of the membrane. These environments remain challenging to accurately capture in structural and biophysical experiments using bilayers. Consequently, there is an increasing need for realistic cell-membrane mimetics for in vitro studies. Lipid nanodiscs provide certain advantages over vesicles for membrane protein studies. Nanodiscs are increasingly used for structural and spectroscopic characterization of membrane proteins. Despite the common use of nanodiscs, the interfacial environments of lipids confined to a ~10-nm diameter area have remained relatively underexplored. Here, we use ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and temperature-dependent infrared absorption measurements of the ester carbonyls to compare the interfacial hydrogen bond structure and dynamics in lipid nanodiscs of varying lipid compositions and sizes with ~100-nm vesicles. We examine the effects of lipid composition and nanodisc size. We found that nanodiscs and vesicles share largely similar lipid-water H-bond environments and interfacial dynamics. Differences in measured enthalpies of H-bonding suggest that H-bond dynamics in nanodiscs are modulated by the interaction between the annular lipids and the scaffold protein.
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Zanetti-Polzi L, Amadei A, Daidone I. Segregation on the nanoscale coupled to liquid water polyamorphism in supercooled aqueous ionic-liquid solution. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:104502. [PMID: 34525825 DOI: 10.1063/5.0061659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The most intriguing hypothesis explaining many water anomalies is a metastable liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT) at high pressure and low temperatures, experimentally hidden by homogeneous nucleation. Recent infrared spectroscopic experiments showed that upon addition of hydrazinium trifluoroacetate to water, the supercooled ionic solution undergoes a sharp, reversible LLPT at ambient pressure, possible offspring of that in pure water. Here, we calculate the temperature-dependent signature of the OH-stretching band, reporting on the low/high density phase of water, in neat water and in the same experimentally investigated ionic solution. The comparison between the infrared signature of the pure liquid and that of the ionic solution can be achieved only computationally, providing insight into the nature of the experimentally observed phase transition and allowing us to investigate the effects of ionic compounds on the high to low density supercooled liquid water transition. We show that the experimentally observed crossover behavior in the ionic solution can be reproduced only if the phase transition between the low- and high-density liquid states of water is coupled to a mixing-unmixing transition between the water component and the ions: at low temperatures, water and ions are separated and the water component is a low density liquid. At high temperatures, water and ions get mixed and the water component is a high-density liquid. The separation at low temperatures into ion-rich and ion-poor regions allows unveiling the polyamorphic nature of liquid water, leading to a crossover behavior resembling that observed in supercooled neat water under high pressure.
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- Laura Zanetti-Polzi
- Center S3, CNR-Institute of Nanoscience, Via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Technological Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, via Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 L'Aquila, Italy
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Pinto SMV, Tasinato N, Barone V, Zanetti-Polzi L, Daidone I. A computational insight into the relationship between side chain IR line shapes and local environment in fibril-like structures. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:084105. [PMID: 33639764 DOI: 10.1063/5.0038913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Infrared spectroscopy is a widely used technique to characterize protein structures and protein mediated processes. While the amide I band provides information on proteins' secondary structure, amino acid side chains are used as infrared probes for the investigation of protein reactions and local properties. In this paper, we use a hybrid quantum mechanical/classical molecular dynamical approach based on the perturbed matrix method to compute the infrared band due to the C=O stretching mode of amide-containing side chains. We calculate, at first, the infrared band of zwitterionic glutamine in water and obtain results in very good agreement with the experimental data. Then, we compute the signal arising from glutamine side chains in a microcrystal of the yeast prion Sup35-derived peptide, GNNQQNY, with a fibrillar structure. The infrared bands obtained by selective isotopic labeling of the two glutamine residues, Q4 and Q5, of each peptide were experimentally used to investigate the local hydration in the fibrillar microcrystal. The experimental spectra of the two glutamine residues, which experience different hydration environments, feature different spectral signals that are well reproduced by the corresponding calculated spectra. In addition, the analysis of the simulated spectra clarifies the molecular origin of the experimentally observed spectroscopic differences that arise from the different local electric field experienced by the two glutamine residues, which is, in turn, determined by a different hydrogen bonding pattern.
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- Sandra M V Pinto
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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Feng CJ, Sinitskiy A, Pande V, Tokmakoff A. Computational IR Spectroscopy of Insulin Dimer Structure and Conformational Heterogeneity. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:4620-4633. [PMID: 33929849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have investigated the structure and conformational dynamics of insulin dimer using a Markov state model (MSM) built from extensive unbiased atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and performed infrared spectral simulations of the insulin MSM to describe how structural variation within the dimer can be experimentally resolved. Our model reveals two significant conformations to the dimer: a dominant native state consistent with other experimental structures of the dimer and a twisted state with a structure that appears to reflect a ∼55° clockwise rotation of the native dimer interface. The twisted state primarily influences the contacts involving the C-terminus of insulin's B chain, shifting the registry of its intermolecular hydrogen bonds and reorganizing its side-chain packing. The MSM kinetics predict that these configurations exchange on a 14 μs time scale, largely passing through two Markov states with a solvated dimer interface. Computational amide I spectroscopy of site-specifically 13C18O labeled amides indicates that the native and twisted conformation can be distinguished through a series of single and dual labels involving the B24F, B25F, and B26Y residues. Additional structural heterogeneity and disorder is observed within the native and twisted states, and amide I spectroscopy can also be used to gain insight into this variation. This study will provide important interpretive tools for IR spectroscopic investigations of insulin structure and transient IR kinetics experiments studying the conformational dynamics of insulin dimer.
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- Chi-Jui Feng
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Baiz CR, Błasiak B, Bredenbeck J, Cho M, Choi JH, Corcelli SA, Dijkstra AG, Feng CJ, Garrett-Roe S, Ge NH, Hanson-Heine MWD, Hirst JD, Jansen TLC, Kwac K, Kubarych KJ, Londergan CH, Maekawa H, Reppert M, Saito S, Roy S, Skinner JL, Stock G, Straub JE, Thielges MC, Tominaga K, Tokmakoff A, Torii H, Wang L, Webb LJ, Zanni MT. Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction. Chem Rev 2020; 120:7152-7218. [PMID: 32598850 PMCID: PMC7710120 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Vibrational spectroscopy is an essential tool in chemical analyses, biological assays, and studies of functional materials. Over the past decade, various coherent nonlinear vibrational spectroscopic techniques have been developed and enabled researchers to study time-correlations of the fluctuating frequencies that are directly related to solute-solvent dynamics, dynamical changes in molecular conformations and local electrostatic environments, chemical and biochemical reactions, protein structural dynamics and functions, characteristic processes of functional materials, and so on. In order to gain incisive and quantitative information on the local electrostatic environment, molecular conformation, protein structure and interprotein contacts, ligand binding kinetics, and electric and optical properties of functional materials, a variety of vibrational probes have been developed and site-specifically incorporated into molecular, biological, and material systems for time-resolved vibrational spectroscopic investigation. However, still, an all-encompassing theory that describes the vibrational solvatochromism, electrochromism, and dynamic fluctuation of vibrational frequencies has not been completely established mainly due to the intrinsic complexity of intermolecular interactions in condensed phases. In particular, the amount of data obtained from the linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopic experiments has been rapidly increasing, but the lack of a quantitative method to interpret these measurements has been one major obstacle in broadening the applications of these methods. Among various theoretical models, one of the most successful approaches is a semiempirical model generally referred to as the vibrational spectroscopic map that is based on a rigorous theory of intermolecular interactions. Recently, genetic algorithm, neural network, and machine learning approaches have been applied to the development of vibrational solvatochromism theory. In this review, we provide comprehensive descriptions of the theoretical foundation and various examples showing its extraordinary successes in the interpretations of experimental observations. In addition, a brief introduction to a newly created repository Web site (http://frequencymap.org) for vibrational spectroscopic maps is presented. We anticipate that a combination of the vibrational frequency map approach and state-of-the-art multidimensional vibrational spectroscopy will be one of the most fruitful ways to study the structure and dynamics of chemical, biological, and functional molecular systems in the future.
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- Carlos R. Baiz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A
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- Department of Physical and Quantum Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, U.S.A
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- School of Chemistry and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, U.S.A
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, U.S.A
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- Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6110, U.S.A
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A
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- Biomolecular Dynamics, Institute of Physics, Albert Ludwigs University, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, U.S.A
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- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-0013, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, and Department of Optoelectronics and Nanostructure Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-Ku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 E. 24th Street, STOP A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, U.S.A
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Nam Y, Kalathingal M, Saito S, Lee JY. Tautomeric Effect of Histidine on β-Sheet Formation of Amyloid Beta 1-40: 2D-IR Simulations. Biophys J 2020; 119:831-842. [PMID: 32730791 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Histidine state (protonated or δ or ε tautomer) has been considered the origin of abnormal misfolding and aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ). Our previous studies reported that the δδδ isomer of Aβ (1-40) has a greater propensity for β-sheet conformation compared to other isomers. However, direct proof of the tautomeric effect has not been reported. In this context, we calculated histidine site-specific two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of the δδδ, εεε, and πππ (all protonated histidine) systems within the framework of classical molecular dynamics simulations aiming at connecting our previous results with the current experimental observations. Our results showed that β-sheet formation is favored for the δδδ and πππ tautomers compared with the εεε tautomer, consistent with our previous studies. This result was further supported by contact map analyses and the strength of dipole coupling between the amide-I bonds of each residue. The two-dimensional infrared diagonal trace for each tautomer included three distinctive spectrally resolvable peaks near 1680, 1686, and 1693 cm-1, as was also observed for histidine dipeptides. However, the peak positions at His6, His13, and His14 did not show a consensus trend with the histidine or protonation state but were instead affected by the presence of surrounding hydrogen bonds. Our study provides a deeper insight into the influence of tautomerism and protonation of histidine residues in Aβ (1-40) on amyloid misfolding and provides a connection between our previous simulations and experimental observations.
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- Yeonsig Nam
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea; Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea.
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Jiang Y, Wang L. Modeling the vibrational couplings of nucleobases. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:084114. [PMID: 32113367 PMCID: PMC7046491 DOI: 10.1063/1.5141858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Vibrational spectroscopy, in particular infrared spectroscopy, has been widely used to probe the three-dimensional structures and conformational dynamics of nucleic acids. As commonly used chromophores, the C=O and C=C stretch modes in the nucleobases exhibit distinct spectral features for different base pairing and stacking configurations. To elucidate the origin of their structural sensitivity, in this work, we develop transition charge coupling (TCC) models that allow one to efficiently calculate the interactions or couplings between the C=O and C=C chromophores based on the geometric arrangements of the nucleobases. To evaluate their performances, we apply the TCC models to DNA and RNA oligonucleotides with a variety of secondary and tertiary structures and demonstrate that the predicted couplings are in quantitative agreement with the reference values. We further elucidate how the interactions between the paired and stacked bases give rise to characteristic IR absorption peaks and show that the TCC models provide more reliable predictions of the coupling constants as compared to the transition dipole coupling scheme. The TCC models, together with our recently developed through-bond coupling constants and vibrational frequency maps, provide an effective theoretical strategy to model the vibrational Hamiltonian, and hence the vibrational spectra of nucleic acids in the base carbonyl stretch region directly from atomistic molecular simulations.
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- Yaoyukun Jiang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Baronio CM, Barth A. The Amide I Spectrum of Proteins-Optimization of Transition Dipole Coupling Parameters Using Density Functional Theory Calculations. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:1703-1714. [PMID: 32040320 PMCID: PMC7307917 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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amide I region of the infrared spectrum is related to the protein
backbone conformation and can provide important structural information.
However, the interpretation of the experimental results is hampered
because the theoretical description of the amide I spectrum is still
under development. Quantum mechanical calculations, for example, using
density functional theory (DFT), can be used to study the amide I
spectrum of small systems, but the high computational cost makes them
inapplicable to proteins. Other approaches that solve the eigenvalues
of the coupled amide I oscillator system are used instead. An important
interaction to be considered is transition dipole coupling (TDC).
Its calculation depends on the parameters of the transition dipole
moment. This work aims to find the optimal parameters for TDC in three
major secondary structures: α-helices, antiparallel β-sheets,
and parallel β-sheets. The parameters were suggested through
a comparison between DFT and TDC calculations. The comparison showed
a good agreement for the spectral shape and for the wavenumbers of
the normal modes for all secondary structures. The matching between
the two methods improved when hydrogen bonding to the amide oxygen
was considered. Optimal parameters for individual secondary structures
were also suggested.
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- Cesare M Baronio
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden
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Vieira Pinto SM, Tasinato N, Barone V, Amadei A, Zanetti-Polzi L, Daidone I. Modeling amino-acid side chain infrared spectra: the case of carboxylic residues. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:3008-3016. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04774c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is commonly utilized for the investigation of protein structures and protein-mediated processes.
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- Sandra Mónica Vieira Pinto
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- I-56126 Pisa
- Italy
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
- University of L'Aquila
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- Department of Chemical and Technological Sciences
- University of Rome “Tor Vergata
- I-00185 Rome
- Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
- University of L'Aquila
- I-67010 L'Aquila
- Italy
- CNR Institute of Nanoscience
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
- University of L'Aquila
- I-67010 L'Aquila
- Italy
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Feng CJ, Dhayalan B, Tokmakoff A. Refinement of Peptide Conformational Ensembles by 2D IR Spectroscopy: Application to Ala‒Ala‒Ala. Biophys J 2019; 114:2820-2832. [PMID: 29925019 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Characterizing ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins is experimentally challenging because of the ill-conditioned nature of ensemble determination with limited data and the intrinsic fast dynamics of the conformational ensemble. Amide I two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy has picosecond time resolution to freeze structural ensembles as needed for probing disordered-protein ensembles and conformational dynamics. Also, developments in amide I computational spectroscopy now allow a quantitative and direct prediction of amide I spectra based on conformational distributions drawn from molecular dynamics simulations, providing a route to ensemble refinement against experimental spectra. We performed a Bayesian ensemble refinement method on Ala-Ala-Ala against isotope-edited Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and 2D IR spectroscopy and tested potential factors affecting the quality of ensemble refinements. We found that isotope-edited 2D IR spectroscopy provides a stringent constraint on Ala-Ala-Ala conformations and returns consistent conformational ensembles with the dominant ppII conformer across varying prior distributions from many molecular dynamics force fields and water models. The dominant factor influencing ensemble refinements is the systematic frequency uncertainty from spectroscopic maps. However, the uncertainty of conformer populations can be significantly reduced by incorporating 2D IR spectra in addition to traditional Fourier-transform infrared spectra. Bayesian ensemble refinement against isotope-edited 2D IR spectroscopy thus provides a route to probe equilibrium-complex protein ensembles and potentially nonequilibrium conformational dynamics.
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- Chi-Jui Feng
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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Vibrational spectroscopy provides a powerful tool to probe the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids because specific normal modes, particularly the base carbonyl stretch modes, are highly sensitive to the hydrogen bonding patterns and stacking configurations in these biomolecules. In this work, we develop vibrational frequency maps for the C═O and C═C stretches in nucleobases that allow the calculations of their site frequencies directly from molecular dynamics simulations. We assess the frequency maps by applying them to nucleobase derivatives in aqueous solutions and nucleosides in organic solvents and demonstrate that the predicted infrared spectra are in good agreement with experimental measurements. The frequency maps can be readily used to model the linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy of nucleic acids and elucidate the molecular origin of the experimentally observed spectral features.
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- Yaoyukun Jiang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine , Rutgers University , 174 Frelinghuysen Road , Piscataway , New Jersey 08854 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine , Rutgers University , 174 Frelinghuysen Road , Piscataway , New Jersey 08854 , United States
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Jansen TLC, Saito S, Jeon J, Cho M. Theory of coherent two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:100901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5083966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Thomas la Cour Jansen
- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan and The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 02841, South Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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Liu Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Wei Q, Zhou D, Wu G, Cai K, Yuan K, Bian H. Understanding the intramolecular vibrational energy transfer and structural dynamics of anionic ligands in a photo-catalytic CO 2reduction catalyst. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23026-23035. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05029a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The knowledge of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) and structural dynamics of rhenium photo-catalysts is essential for understanding the mechanism of the photo-catalytic process of CO2reduction.
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- Qianchen Liu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- China
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Feng CJ, Tokmakoff A. The dynamics of peptide-water interactions in dialanine: An ultrafast amide I 2D IR and computational spectroscopy study. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:085101. [PMID: 28863528 PMCID: PMC5593305 DOI: 10.1063/1.4991871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
We present a joint experimental and computational study of the dynamic interactions of dialanine (Ala-Ala) with water, comparing the results of ultrafast 2D IR and infrared transient absorption spectroscopy of its amide I vibration with spectra modeled from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The experimental data are analyzed to describe vibrational frequency fluctuations, vibrational energy relaxation, and chemical exchange processes. The origin of these processes in the same underlying fluctuating forces allows a common description in terms of the fluctuations and conformational dynamics of the peptide and associated solvent. By comparing computational spectroscopy from MD simulations with multiple force fields and water models, we describe how the dynamics of water hydrogen bond fluctuations and switching processes act as a source of friction that governs the dephasing and vibrational relaxation, and provide a description of coupled water and peptide motions that give rise to spectroscopic exchange processes.
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- Chi-Jui Feng
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Simulation of the T-jump triggered unfolding and thermal unfolding vibrational spectroscopy related to polypeptides conformation fluctuation. Sci China Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-016-9055-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Husseini FS, Robinson D, Hunt NT, Parker AW, Hirst JD. Computing infrared spectra of proteins using the exciton model. J Comput Chem 2017; 38:1362-1375. [PMID: 27868210 PMCID: PMC5434914 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The ability to compute from first principles the infrared spectrum of a protein in solution phase representing a biological system would provide a useful connection to atomistic models of protein structure and dynamics. Indeed, such calculations are a vital complement to 2DIR experimental measurements, allowing the observed signals to be interpreted in terms of detailed structural and dynamical information. In this article, we have studied nine structurally and spectroscopically well-characterized proteins, representing a range of structural types. We have simulated the equilibrium conformational dynamics in an explicit point charge water model. Using the resulting trajectories based on MD simulations, we have computed the one and two dimensional infrared spectra in the Amide I region, using an exciton approach, in which a local mode basis of carbonyl stretches is considered. The role of solvent in shifting the Amide I band (by 30 to 50 cm-1 ) is clearly evident. Similarly, the conformational dynamics contribute to the broadening of peaks in the spectrum. The inhomogeneous broadening in both the 1D and 2D spectra reflects the significant conformational diversity observed in the simulations. Through the computed 2D cross-peak spectra, we show how different pulse schemes can provide additional information on the coupled vibrations. © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Computational Chemistry Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Fouad S Husseini
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, SUPA, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Jeon K, Yang M. Dimension of discrete variable representation for mixed quantum/classical computation of three lowest vibrational states of OH stretching in liquid water. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:054107. [PMID: 28178837 DOI: 10.1063/1.4974934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Three low-lying vibrational states of molecular systems are responsible for the signals of linear and third-order nonlinear vibrational spectroscopies. Theoretical studies based on mixed quantum/classical calculations provide a powerful way to analyze those experiments. A statistically meaningful result can be obtained from the calculations by solving the vibrational Schrödinger equation over many numbers of molecular configurations. The discrete variable representation (DVR) method is a useful technique to calculate vibrational eigenstates subject to an arbitrary anharmonic potential surface. Considering the large number of molecular configurations over which the DVR calculations are repeated, the calculations are desired to be optimized in balance between the cost and accuracy. We determine a dimension of the DVR method which appears to be optimum for the calculations of the three states of molecular vibrations with anharmonic strengths often found in realistic molecular systems. We apply the numerical technique to calculate the local OH stretching frequencies of liquid water, which are well known to be widely distributed due to the inhomogeneity in molecular configuration, and found that the frequencies of the 0-1 and 1-2 transitions are highly correlated. An empirical relation between the two frequencies is suggested and compared with the experimental data of nonlinear IR spectroscopies.
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- Kiyoung Jeon
- Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, South Korea
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Hahn S. Effective representation of amide III, II, I, and A modes on local vibrational modes: Analysis of ab initio quantum calculation results. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:164113. [PMID: 27802648 DOI: 10.1063/1.4965958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Hamiltonian matrix for the first excited vibrational states of a protein can be effectively represented by local vibrational modes constituting amide III, II, I, and A modes to simulate various vibrational spectra. Methods for obtaining the Hamiltonian matrix from ab initio quantum calculation results are discussed, where the methods consist of three steps: selection of local vibrational mode coordinates, calculation of a reduced Hessian matrix, and extraction of the Hamiltonian matrix from the Hessian matrix. We introduce several methods for each step. The methods were assessed based on the density functional theory calculation results of 24 oligopeptides with four different peptide lengths and six different secondary structures. The completeness of a Hamiltonian matrix represented in the reduced local mode space is improved by adopting a specific atom group for each amide mode and reducing the effect of ignored local modes. The calculation results are also compared to previous models using C=O stretching vibration and transition dipole couplings. We found that local electric transition dipole moments of the amide modes are mainly bound on the local peptide planes. Their direction and magnitude are well conserved except amide A modes, which show large variation. Contrary to amide I modes, the vibrational coupling constants of amide III, II, and A modes obtained by analysis of a dipeptide are not transferable to oligopeptides with the same secondary conformation because coupling constants are affected by the surrounding atomic environment.
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- Seungsoo Hahn
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu 156-756, Seoul, South Korea
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Reppert M, Tokmakoff A. Computational Amide I 2D IR Spectroscopy as a Probe of Protein Structure and Dynamics. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2016; 67:359-86. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040215-112055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mike Reppert
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637;
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637;
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Bondarenko AS, Jansen TLC. Application of two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to benchmark models for the amide I band of proteins. J Chem Phys 2016; 142:212437. [PMID: 26049457 DOI: 10.1063/1.4919716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In this paper, we present a novel benchmarking method for validating the modelling of vibrational spectra for the amide I region of proteins. We use the linear absorption spectra and two-dimensional infrared spectra of four experimentally well-studied proteins as a reference and test nine combinations of molecular dynamics force fields, vibrational frequency mappings, and coupling models. We find that two-dimensional infrared spectra provide a much stronger test of the models than linear absorption does. The best modelling approach in the present study still leaves significant room for future improvement. The presented benchmarking scheme, thus, provides a way of validating future protocols for modelling the amide I band in proteins.
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- Anna S Bondarenko
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hanson-Heine MWD, Husseini FS, Hirst JD, Besley NA. Simulation of Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Peptides Using Localized Normal Modes. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:1905-18. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b01198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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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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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Daidone I, Thukral L, Smith JC, Amadei A. Monitoring the Folding Kinetics of a β-Hairpin by Time-Resolved IR Spectroscopy in Silico. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:4849-56. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b01477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Isabella Daidone
- Department
of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via
Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 L’Aquila, Italy
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, South Campus, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110020, India
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- University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Molecular Biophysics, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6309, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, M407 Walters Life Sciences, 1414 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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The vibrational properties of the amide-I modes of β-peptides in five helical conformations (8-helix, 10-helix, 12-helix, 14-helix, and 10/12-helix) from tetramer to heptamer were examined by ab initio calculations. The normal modes have been first decoupled into local modes, whose transition energies are found to be intrinsically sensitive to peptide structure and intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. By further removing the intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions, pure local modes are obtained, whose transition energies still exhibit some conformational dependence in 8-helix and 10/12 hybrid helix, but not much in homogeneous 10-, 12-, and 14-helical conformations. This suggests that a set of nearly degenerated pure local-mode transitions can be specified when excitonic modeling the amide-I vibration in latter cases. The work provides important benchmark measurements for understanding the complexity of the amide-I absorption spectra of β-polypeptides.
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- Juan Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Maj M, Oh Y, Park K, Lee J, Kwak KW, Cho M. Vibrational dynamics of thiocyanate and selenocyanate bound to horse heart myoglobin. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:235104. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4883505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Carr JK, Zabuga AV, Roy S, Rizzo TR, Skinner JL. Assessment of amide I spectroscopic maps for a gas-phase peptide using IR-UV double-resonance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:224111. [PMID: 24929378 PMCID: PMC4187283 DOI: 10.1063/1.4882059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The spectroscopy of amide I vibrations has become a powerful tool for exploring protein structure and dynamics. To help with spectral interpretation, it is often useful to perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. To connect spectroscopic experiments to simulations in an efficient manner, several researchers have proposed "maps," which relate observables in classical MD simulations to quantum spectroscopic variables. It can be difficult to discern whether errors in the theoretical results (compared to experiment) arise from inaccuracies in the MD trajectories or in the maps themselves. In this work, we evaluate spectroscopic maps independently from MD simulations by comparing experimental and theoretical spectra for a single conformation of the α-helical model peptide Ac-Phe-(Ala)5-Lys-H(+) in the gas phase. Conformation-specific experimental spectra are obtained for the unlabeled peptide and for several singly and doubly (13)C-labeled variants using infrared-ultraviolet double-resonance spectroscopy, and these spectra are found to be well-modeled by density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G** level. We then compare DFT results for the deuterated and (13)C(18)O-labeled peptide with those from spectroscopic maps developed and used previously by the Skinner group. We find that the maps are typically accurate to within a few cm(-1) for both frequencies and couplings, having larger errors only for the frequencies of terminal amides.
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- J K Carr
- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moleculaire, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL SB ISIC LCPM, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moleculaire, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL SB ISIC LCPM, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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dos Santos MVP, Proenza YG, Longo RL. PICVib: an accurate, fast and simple procedure to investigate selected vibrational modes and evaluate infrared intensities. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:17670-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02279c] [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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The generalization of the PICVib approach for calculating selected infrared intensities is shown to be successful and to preserves its easiness of implementation and parallelization, flexibility and treatment of large systems and/or at high theoretical levels.
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- Marcus V. P. dos Santos
- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Cidade Universitária
- Recife-PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Cidade Universitária
- Recife-PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Cidade Universitária
- Recife-PE, Brazil
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Zeko T, Hannigan SF, Jacisin T, Guberman-Pfeffer MJ, Falcone ER, Guildford MJ, Szabo C, Cole KE, Placido J, Daly E, Kubasik MA. FT-IR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations of 13C Isotopologues of the Helical Peptide Z-Aib6-OtBu. J Phys Chem B 2013; 118:58-68. [DOI: 10.1021/jp408818g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Timothy Zeko
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824, United States
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Candelaresi M, Ragnoni E, Cappelli C, Corozzi A, Lima M, Monti S, Mennucci B, Nuti F, Papini AM, Foggi P. Conformational analysis of Gly-Ala-NHMe in D(2)O and DMSO solutions: a two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy study. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:14226-37. [PMID: 24164089 DOI: 10.1021/jp406139t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A relevant number of experiments on short peptides has been performed in recent years. One of the major problems rises from the simultaneous presence of slightly different conformers at equilibrium in solution. In the present paper, the conformational characteristics of the Gly-l-Ala-Methyl amide dipeptide in D2O and DMSO solutions are investigated by nonlinear IR spectroscopy. The pump-probe scheme with ultrashort mid-infrared pulses, in the Amide I region, is used to determine the mutual orientation of the two C═O bonds and the dynamics due to solute-solvent interactions. The coupling between Amide I modes is evaluated from both linear and 2D spectra. The interconversion between the different conformations occurs on time scales longer than the vibrational lifetime, and the spectral diffusion observed in 2D spectra is attributed to the solvent dynamics. Quantum mechanical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations are performed to identify the most stable geometries. By comparing the experimental and the theoretical data, we establish the prevalence of β-like polar conformers in both water and DMSO solvents.
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- Marco Candelaresi
- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus , Edinburgh, Scotland EH14 4AS
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Zanetti-Polzi L, Aschi M, Amadei A, Daidone I. Simulation of the Amide I Infrared Spectrum in Photoinduced Peptide Folding/Unfolding Transitions. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:12383-90. [DOI: 10.1021/jp406708p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Laura Zanetti-Polzi
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, University of L’Aquila, via
Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 Coppito (AQ), Italy
- Center
S3, Institute of Nanoscience - CNR, Via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, University of L’Aquila, via
Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 Coppito (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome ”Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, University of L’Aquila, via
Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 Coppito (AQ), Italy
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Reppert M, Tokmakoff A. Electrostatic frequency shifts in amide I vibrational spectra: direct parameterization against experiment. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:134116. [PMID: 23574217 DOI: 10.1063/1.4798938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The interpretation of protein amide I infrared spectra has been greatly assisted by the observation that the vibrational frequency of a peptide unit reports on its local electrostatic environment. However, the interpretation of spectra remains largely qualitative due to a lack of direct quantitative connections between computational models and experimental data. Here, we present an empirical parameterization of an electrostatic amide I frequency map derived from the infrared absorption spectra of 28 dipeptides. The observed frequency shifts are analyzed in terms of the local electrostatic potential, field, and field gradient, evaluated at sites near the amide bond in molecular dynamics simulations. We find that the frequency shifts observed in experiment correlate very well with the electric field in the direction of the C=O bond evaluated at the position of the amide oxygen atom. A linear best-fit mapping between observed frequencies and electric field yield sample standard deviations of 2.8 and 3.7 cm(-1) for the CHARMM27 and OPLS-AA force fields, respectively, and maximum deviations (within our data set) of 9 cm(-1). These results are discussed in the broader context of amide I vibrational models and the effort to produce quantitative agreement between simulated and experimental absorption spectra.
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- Mike Reppert
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Kim H, Cho M. Infrared Probes for Studying the Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules. Chem Rev 2013; 113:5817-47. [DOI: 10.1021/cr3005185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Heejae Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
- Multidimensional Spectroscopy Laboratory, Korea Basic Science Institute,
Seoul 136-713, Korea
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Choi JH, Cho M. Computational IR spectroscopy of water: OH stretch frequencies, transition dipoles, and intermolecular vibrational coupling constants. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:174108. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4802991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Wolk AB, Garand E, Jones IM, Hamilton AD, Johnson MA. Quantifying Intrinsic Ion-Driven Conformational Changes in Diphenylacetylene Supramolecular Switches with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:5962-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3111925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Arron B. Wolk
- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New
Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University
Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas
78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road,
Oxford OX1 3TA, Great Britain
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New
Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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Studying Biomacromolecules with Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2013; 93:1-36. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-416596-0.00001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Woys AM, Almeida AM, Wang L, Chiu CC, McGovern M, de Pablo JJ, Skinner JL, Gellman SH, Zanni MT. Parallel β-sheet vibrational couplings revealed by 2D IR spectroscopy of an isotopically labeled macrocycle: quantitative benchmark for the interpretation of amyloid and protein infrared spectra. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19118-28. [PMID: 23113791 DOI: 10.1021/ja3074962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Infrared spectroscopy is playing an important role in the elucidation of amyloid fiber formation, but the coupling models that link spectra to structure are not well tested for parallel β-sheets. Using a synthetic macrocycle that enforces a two stranded parallel β-sheet conformation, we measured the lifetimes and frequency for six combinations of doubly (13)C═(18)O labeled amide I modes using 2D IR spectroscopy. The average vibrational lifetime of the isotope labeled residues was 550 fs. The frequencies of the labels ranged from 1585 to 1595 cm(-1), with the largest frequency shift occurring for in-register amino acids. The 2D IR spectra of the coupled isotope labels were calculated from molecular dynamics simulations of a series of macrocycle structures generated from replica exchange dynamics to fully sample the conformational distribution. The models used to simulate the spectra include through-space coupling, through-bond coupling, and local frequency shifts caused by environment electrostatics and hydrogen bonding. The calculated spectra predict the line widths and frequencies nearly quantitatively. Historically, the characteristic features of β-sheet infrared spectra have been attributed to through-space couplings such as transition dipole coupling. We find that frequency shifts of the local carbonyl groups due to nearest neighbor couplings and environmental factors are more important, while the through-space couplings dictate the spectral intensities. As a result, the characteristic absorption spectra empirically used for decades to assign parallel β-sheet secondary structure arises because of a redistribution of oscillator strength, but the through-space couplings do not themselves dramatically alter the frequency distribution of eigenstates much more than already exists in random coil structures. Moreover, solvent exposed residues have amide I bands with >20 cm(-1) line width. Narrower line widths indicate that the amide I backbone is solvent protected inside the macrocycle. This work provides calculated and experimentally verified couplings for parallel β-sheets that can be used in structure-based models to simulate and interpret the infrared spectra of β-sheet containing proteins and protein assemblies, such as amyloid fibers.
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- Ann Marie Woys
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Dean JC, Buchanan EG, Zwier TS. Mixed 14/16 Helices in the Gas Phase: Conformation-Specific Spectroscopy of Z-(Gly)n, n = 1, 3, 5. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:17186-201. [PMID: 23039317 DOI: 10.1021/ja306652c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Jacob C. Dean
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084,
United States
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Buchanan EG, James WH, Choi SH, Guo L, Gellman SH, Müller CW, Zwier TS. Single-conformation infrared spectra of model peptides in the amide I and amide II regions: Experiment-based determination of local mode frequencies and inter-mode coupling. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:094301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4747507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Karjalainen EL, Ersmark T, Barth A. Optimization of Model Parameters for Describing the Amide I Spectrum of a Large Set of Proteins. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:4831-42. [DOI: 10.1021/jp301095v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eeva-Liisa Karjalainen
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Arrhenius
Laboratories of Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Arrhenius
Laboratories of Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Arrhenius
Laboratories of Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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Zanetti Polzi L, Daidone I, Amadei A. A Theoretical Reappraisal of Polylysine in the Investigation of Secondary Structure Sensitivity of Infrared Spectra. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3353-60. [DOI: 10.1021/jp211063x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laura Zanetti Polzi
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical
Engineering and Materials, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical
Engineering and Materials, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio (Coppito 1), 67010 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
and Technology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Falvo C, Zhuang W, Kim YS, Axelsen PH, Hochstrasser RM, Mukamel S. Frequency distribution of the amide-I vibration sorted by residues in amyloid fibrils revealed by 2D-IR measurements and simulations. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3322-30. [PMID: 22338639 DOI: 10.1021/jp2096423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The infrared optical response of amyloid fibrils Aβ(1-40) is investigated. Simulations of two models corresponding to different protonation states are compared with experiment. The simulations reveal that vibrational frequency distributions inside the fibrils are dominated by side chain fluctuations. We further confirm earlier suggestions based on 2D-IR measurements that water molecules can be trapped inside the fibrils.
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- Cyril Falvo
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, UMR CNRS 8214, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Biancardi A, Cammi R, Cappelli C, Mennucci B, Tomasi J. Modelling vibrational coupling in DNA oligomers: a computational strategy combining QM and continuum solvation models. Theor Chem Acc 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-012-1157-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Garand E, Kamrath MZ, Jordan PA, Wolk AB, Leavitt CM, McCoy AB, Miller SJ, Johnson MA. Determination of noncovalent docking by infrared spectroscopy of cold gas-phase complexes. Science 2012; 335:694-8. [PMID: 22267579 PMCID: PMC4038764 DOI: 10.1126/science.1214948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Multidentate, noncovalent interactions between small molecules and biopolymer fragments are central to processes ranging from drug action to selective catalysis. We present a versatile and sensitive spectroscopic probe of functional groups engaged in hydrogen bonding in such contexts. This involves measurement of the frequency changes in specific covalent bonds upon complex formation, information drawn from otherwise transient complexes that have been extracted from solution and conformationally frozen near 10 kelvin in gas-phase clusters. Resonances closely associated with individual oscillators are easily identified through site-specific isotopic labeling, as demonstrated by application of the method to an archetypal system involving a synthetic tripeptide known to bind biaryl substrates through tailored hydrogen bonding to catalyze their asymmetric bromination. With such data, calculations readily converge on the plausible operative structures in otherwise computationally prohibitive, high-dimensionality landscapes.
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- Etienne Garand
- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520
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Schweitzer-Stenner R, Soffer JB, Verbaro D. Structure analysis of unfolded peptides I: vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 895:271-313. [PMID: 22760325 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-927-3_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy is an invaluable spectroscopic techniques utilized to exploit the optical strength of vibrational transitions for structure analysis. In this chapter, we describe the protocol for measuring and self-consistently analyzing VCD and the corresponding FT-IR spectra of short peptides. This process involves the decomposition of the IR spectrum as well as simulations of the amide I band profiles in both spectra based on structural models of the peptides investigated. This type of spectral analysis should be complemented with similar investigations of Raman spectra, which are described in the subsequent chapter. The structural analysis of short, unfolded peptides described in this chapter can easily be extended for the analysis of longer unfolded peptides or even proteins. This is particularly important in view of the demonstrated biological relevance of intrinsically disordered peptides and proteins (IDPs).
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Wang L, Middleton CT, Singh S, Reddy AS, Woys AM, Strasfeld DB, Marek P, Raleigh DP, de Pablo JJ, Zanni MT, Skinner JL. 2DIR spectroscopy of human amylin fibrils reflects stable β-sheet structure. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:16062-71. [PMID: 21916515 PMCID: PMC3196637 DOI: 10.1021/ja204035k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The aggregation of human amylin to form amyloid contributes to islet β-cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. Studies of amyloid formation have been hindered by the low structural resolution or relatively modest time resolution of standard methods. Two-dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectroscopy, with its sensitivity to protein secondary structures and its intrinsic fast time resolution, is capable of capturing structural changes during the aggregation process. Moreover, isotope labeling enables the measurement of residue-specific information. The diagonal line widths of 2DIR spectra contain information about dynamics and structural heterogeneity of the system. We illustrate the power of a combined atomistic molecular dynamics simulation and theoretical and experimental 2DIR approach by analyzing the variation in diagonal line widths of individual amide I modes in a series of labeled samples of amylin amyloid fibrils. The theoretical and experimental 2DIR line widths suggest a "W" pattern, as a function of residue number. We show that large line widths result from substantial structural disorder and that this pattern is indicative of the stable secondary structure of the two β-sheet regions. This work provides a protocol for bridging MD simulation and 2DIR experiments for future aggregation studies.
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- Lu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
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Zanetti Polzi L, Daidone I, Anselmi M, Carchini G, Di Nola A, Amadei A. Analysis of Infrared Spectra of β-Hairpin Peptides As Derived from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:11872-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp202332z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, University of L′Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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