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Awasthi K, Wu TE, Hsu HY, Ohta N. Application of Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field and Autofluorescence Lifetime Microscopy of FAD in Lung Cells. J Phys Chem B 2023. [PMID: 37319427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Exposure of nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) to live cells is an increasing research interest in biology and medicine. Despite extensive studies, a question still remains as to how effects of application of nsPEF on intracellular functions are different between cancerous cells and normal cells and how the difference can be detected. Herein, we have presented an approach of autofluorescence lifetime (AFL) microscopy of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) to detect effects of application of nsPEF having 50 ns of a pulse width, nsPEF(50), on intracellular function in lung cancerous cells, A549 and H661, which show nsPEF(50)-induced apoptosis, and normal cells, MRC-5, in which the field effect is less or not induced. Then, the application of nsPEF(50) is shown to increase the lifetime of FAD autofluorescence in lung cancerous cells, whereas the electric field effects on the autofluorescence of FAD was not significant in normal healthy cells, which indicates that the lifetime measurements of FAD autofluorescence are applicable to detect the field-induced change in intracellular functions. Lifetime and intensity microscopic images of FAD autofluorescence in these lung cells were also acquired after exposure to the apoptosis-inducer staurosporine (STS). Then, it was found that the AFL of FAD became longer after exposure not only in the cancerous cells but also in the normal cells. These results indicate that nsPEF(50) applied to lung cells induced apoptotic cell death only in lung cancerous cells (H661 and A549) but not in lung normal cells (MRC-5), whereas STS induced apoptotic cell death both in lung cancerous cells and in lung normal cells. The lifetime microscopy of FAD autofluorescence is suggested to be very useful as a sensitive detection method of nsPEF-induced apoptotic cell death.
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- Kamlesh Awasthi
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
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Töpfer K, Upadhyay M, Meuwly M. Quantitative molecular simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:12767-12786. [PMID: 35593769 PMCID: PMC9158373 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01211a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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All-atom simulations can provide molecular-level insights into the dynamics of gas-phase, condensed-phase and surface processes. One important requirement is a sufficiently realistic and detailed description of the underlying intermolecular interactions. The present perspective provides an overview of the present status of quantitative atomistic simulations from colleagues' and our own efforts for gas- and solution-phase processes and for the dynamics on surfaces. Particular attention is paid to direct comparison with experiment. An outlook discusses present challenges and future extensions to bring such dynamics simulations even closer to reality.
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- Kai Töpfer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Meuwly M. Atomistic Simulations for Reactions and Vibrational Spectroscopy in the Era of Machine Learning─ Quo Vadis?. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:2155-2167. [PMID: 35286087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Atomistic simulations using accurate energy functions can provide molecular-level insight into functional motions of molecules in the gas and in the condensed phase. This Perspective delineates the present status of the field from the efforts of others and some of our own work and discusses open questions and future prospects. The combination of physics-based long-range representations using multipolar charge distributions and kernel representations for the bonded interactions is shown to provide realistic models for the exploration of the infrared spectroscopy of molecules in solution. For reactions, empirical models connecting dedicated energy functions for the reactant and product states allow statistically meaningful sampling of conformational space whereas machine-learned energy functions are superior in accuracy. The future combination of physics-based models with machine-learning techniques and integration into all-purpose molecular simulation software provides a unique opportunity to bring such dynamics simulations closer to reality.
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- Markus Meuwly
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Santra K, Zhang Q, Tassinari F, Naaman R. Electric-Field-Enhanced Adsorption of Chiral Molecules on Ferromagnetic Substrates. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:9443-9448. [PMID: 31609607 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The effect of an electric field on the adsorption of oligopeptides and DNA on a ferromagnetic substrate magnetized perpendicular to the surface was investigated. The direction of the magnetic moment of the substrate defines different adsorption rates for different enantiomers, and the direction of the electric field, perpendicular to the surface, defines different adsorption rates depending on the direction of the dipole moment of the adsorbed molecules.
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- Kakali Santra
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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Nifosì R, Mennucci B, Filippi C. The key to the yellow-to-cyan tuning in the green fluorescent protein family is polarisation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18988-18998. [PMID: 31464320 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03722e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Computational approaches have to date failed to fully capture the large (about 0.4 eV) excitation energy tuning displayed by the nearly identical anionic chromophore in different green fluorescent protein (GFP) variants. Here, we present a thorough comparative study of a set of proteins in this sub-family, including the most red- (phiYFP) and blue-shifted (mTFP0.7) ones. We employ a classical polarisable embedding through induced dipoles and combine it with time-dependent density functional theory and multireference perturbation theory in order to capture both state-specific induction contributions and the coupling of the polarisation of the protein to the chromophore transition density. The obtained results show that only upon inclusion of both these two effects generated by the mutual polarisation between the chromophore and the protein can the full spectral tuning be replicated. We finally discuss how this mutual polarisation affects the correlation between excitation energies, dipole moment variation, and molecular electrostatic field.
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- Riccardo Nifosì
- NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Song X, Fu Q, Bu Y. Nonlinear Migration Dynamics of Excess Electrons along Linear Oligopeptides Controlled by an Applied Electric Field. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1497-1507. [PMID: 30912277 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Migration of an excess electron along linear oligopeptides governed by the external electric field (Eex ) which is against the inner dipole electric field is theoretically investigated, including the effects of Eex on the structural and electronic properties of electron migration. Two structural properties including electron-binding ability and the dipole moment of linear oligopeptides are sensitive to the Eex values and can be largely modulated by Eex due to the competition of Eex and the inner electric field and electron transfer caused by Eex . In the case of low Eex values, two structural properties decrease slightly, while for high Eex values, the electron-binding ability continually increases strongly, with dipole moments firstly increasing significantly and then increasing more slowly at higher Eex . Additionally, linear oligopeptides of different chain lengths influence the modulation extent of Eex and the longer the chain length is, the more sensitive modulation of Eex is. In addition, electronic properties represented by electron spin densities and singly occupied molecular orbital distributions vary with Eex intensities, leading to an unusual electron migration behavior. As Eex increases, an excess electron transfers from the N-terminus to the C-terminus and jumps over a neighboring dipole unit of two termini to other units, respectively, instead of transferring by means of a one-by-one dipole unit hopping mechanism. These findings not only promote a deeper understanding of the connection between Eex and structural and electronic properties of electron transfer behavior in peptides, but also provide a new insight into the modulation of electron migration along the oligopeptides.
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- Xiufang Song
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, People's Republic of China
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Horn M, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU. Kinetic Study of Ligand Binding and Conformational Changes in Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:11048-11057. [PMID: 29965771 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b05137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are heme enzymes that generate highly reactive nitric oxide from l-arginine (l-Arg) in a complex mechanism that is still only partially understood. We have studied carbon monoxide (CO) binding to the oxygenase domain of murine inducible NOS (iNOS) by using flash photolysis. The P420 and P450 forms of the enzyme, assigned to a protonated and unprotonated proximal cysteine, through which the heme is anchored to the protein, show markedly different CO rebinding properties. The data suggest that P420 has a widely open distal pocket that admits water. CO rebinding to the P450 form strongly depends on the presence of the substrate l-Arg, the intermediate Nω-hydroxy-l-arginine, and the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin. After adding these small molecules to the enzyme solution, the CO kinetics change slowly over the hours. This process can be described as a relaxation from a fast rebinding, metastable species to a slowly rebinding, thermodynamically stable species, which we associate with the enzymatically active form. Our results allow us to determine kinetic parameters of l-Arg binding to the ferrous deoxy iNOS protein for the first time and also provide clues regarding the nature of structural differences between the two interconverting species.
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- Michael Horn
- Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany.,Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany.,Department of Physics , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1110 West Green Street , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Nienhaus K, Nickel E, Nienhaus GU. Substrate binding in human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1: A spectroscopic analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1865:453-463. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhao J, Zheng Y. Elaboration and controlling excited state double proton transfer mechanism of 2,5-bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)thiophene-3,4-diol. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44897. [PMID: 28327590 PMCID: PMC5361162 DOI: 10.1038/srep44897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In the present work, we theoretically illuminate the excited state double proton transfer (ESDPT) process about a novel synthesized system 2,5-bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)thiophene-3,4-diol (BBTD). Minor changes of both structure and charge redistribution deriving from photoexcitation result in obviously different excited state dynamical process. Exploration about our constructed S1-state potential energy surface (PES) indicates a stepwise ESDPT mechanism for BBTD. In addition, we present a new mechanism about regulating and controlling stepwise ESDPT process via external electric field.
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- Jinfeng Zhao
- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Sevinc PC, Dhital B, Govind Rao V, Wang Y, Lu HP. Probing Electric Field Effect on Covalent Interactions at a Molecule–Semiconductor Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1536-42. [PMID: 26735967 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Papatya C. Sevinc
- Department of Chemistry and
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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Furukawa K, Hino K, Yamamoto N, Awasthi K, Nakabayashi T, Ohta N, Sekiya H. External Electric Field Effects on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in 4′-N,N-Dimethylamino-3-hydroxyflavone in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:9599-608. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b03672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kazuki Furukawa
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa, Igaya, Kariya, Aichi 448-8542, Japan
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- Department
of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma 2-17-1, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University 1001, Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University 1001, Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Kang B, Baek KY, Lee JY. Electric Field Effect on trans-p-Hydroxybenzylideneimidazolidinone: A DFT Study and Implication to Green Fluorescent Protein. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Baotao Kang
- Department of Chemistry; Sungkyunkwan University; Suwon 440746 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Sungkyunkwan University; Suwon 440746 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Sungkyunkwan University; Suwon 440746 Korea
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Horn M, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study of ligand photodissociation and migration in inducible nitric oxide synthase. F1000Res 2014; 3:290. [PMID: 25653844 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5836.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is a homodimeric heme enzyme that catalyzes the formation of nitric oxide (NO) from dioxygen and L-arginine (L-Arg) in a two-step process. The produced NO can either diffuse out of the heme pocket into the surroundings or it can rebind to the heme iron and inhibit enzyme action. Here we have employed Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) photolysis difference spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures, using the carbon monoxide (CO) and NO stretching bands as local probes of the active site of iNOS. Characteristic changes were observed in the spectra of the heme-bound ligands upon binding of the cofactors. Unlike photolyzed CO, which becomes trapped in well-defined orientations, as indicated by sharp photoproduct bands, photoproduct bands of NO photodissociated from the ferric heme iron were not visible, indicating that NO does not reside in the protein interior in a well-defined location or orientation. This may be favorable for NO release from the enzyme during catalysis because it reduces self-inhibition. Moreover, we used temperature derivative spectroscopy (TDS) with FTIR monitoring to explore the dynamics of NO and carbon monoxide (CO) inside iNOS after photodissociation at cryogenic temperatures. Only a single kinetic photoproduct state was revealed, but no secondary docking sites as in hemoglobins. Interestingly, we observed that intense illumination of six-coordinate ferrous iNOS oxy-NO ruptures the bond between the heme iron and the proximal thiolate to yield five-coordinate ferric iNOS oxy-NO, demonstrating the strong trans effect of the heme-bound NO.
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- Michael Horn
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany ; Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Horn M, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study of ligand photodissociation and migration in inducible nitric oxide synthase. F1000Res 2014; 3:290. [PMID: 25653844 PMCID: PMC4304226 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5836.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is a homodimeric heme enzyme that catalyzes the formation of nitric oxide (NO) from dioxygen and L-arginine (L-Arg) in a two-step process. The produced NO can either diffuse out of the heme pocket into the surroundings or it can rebind to the heme iron and inhibit enzyme action. Here we have employed Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) photolysis difference spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures, using the carbon monoxide (CO) and NO stretching bands as local probes of the active site of iNOS. Characteristic changes were observed in the spectra of the heme-bound ligands upon binding of the cofactors. Unlike photolyzed CO, which becomes trapped in well-defined orientations, as indicated by sharp photoproduct bands, photoproduct bands of NO photodissociated from the ferric heme iron were not visible, indicating that NO does not reside in the protein interior in a well-defined location or orientation. This may be favorable for NO release from the enzyme during catalysis because it reduces self-inhibition. Moreover, we used temperature derivative spectroscopy (TDS) with FTIR monitoring to explore the dynamics of NO and carbon monoxide (CO) inside iNOS after photodissociation at cryogenic temperatures. Only a single kinetic photoproduct state was revealed, but no secondary docking sites as in hemoglobins. Interestingly, we observed that intense illumination of six-coordinate ferrous iNOS oxy-NO ruptures the bond between the heme iron and the proximal thiolate to yield five-coordinate ferric iNOS oxy-NO, demonstrating the strong trans effect of the heme-bound NO.
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- Michael Horn
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Bartolotti LJ, Rai D, Kulkarni AD, Gejji SP, Pathak RK. Water clusters (H2O)n [n=9–20] in external electric fields: Exotic OH stretching frequencies near breakdown. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Knoch F, Morozov D, Boggio-Pasqua M, Groenhof G. Steering the excited state dynamics of a photoactive yellow protein chromophore analogue with external electric fields. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kang B, Liu H, Jang DJ, Lee JY. Electric field effect on the ground state proton transfer in the H-bonded HBDI complex: an implication of the green fluorescent protein. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra00974f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In this paper, first-principles calculations were performed regarding the electric field effect on the ground state proton transfer (GSPT) in the H-bonded p-hydroxybenzylideneimidazolidinone (HBDI) network that represents the active site of the green fluorescent protein (GFP).
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- Baotao Kang
- Department of Chemistry
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Suwon, Korea
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Park J, Lee T, Lim M. Direct Observation of the Low-Spin Fe(III)–NO(radical) Intermediate State during Rebinding of NO to Photodeligated Ferric Cytochrome c. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:12039-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jp407733g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Jaeheung Park
- Department of Chemistry and
Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Choi JH, Kwak KW, Cho M. Computational infrared and two-dimensional infrared photon echo spectroscopy of both wild-type and double mutant myoglobin-CO proteins. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:15462-78. [PMID: 23869523 DOI: 10.1021/jp405210s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The CO stretching mode of both wild-type and double mutant ( T67R / S92D ) MbCO (carbonmonoxymyoglobin) proteins is an ideal infrared (IR) probe for studying the local electrostatic environment inside the myoglobin heme pocket. Recently, to elucidate the conformational switching dynamics between two distinguishable states, extensive IR absorption, IR pump-probe, and two-dimensional (2D) IR spectroscopic studies for various mutant MbCO's have been performed by the Fayer group. They showed that the 2D IR spectroscopy of the double mutant, which has a peroxidase enzyme activity, reveals a rapid chemical exchange between two distinct states, whereas that of the wild-type does not. Despite the fact that a few simulation studies on these systems were already performed and reported, such complicated experimental results have not been fully reproduced nor described in terms of conformational state-to-state transition processes. Here, we first develop a distributed vibrational solvatochromic charge model for describing the CO stretch frequency shift reflecting local electric potential changes. Then, by carrying out molecular dynamic simulations of the two MbCO's and examining their CO frequency trajectories, it becomes possible to identify a proper reaction coordinate consisting of His64 imidazole ring rotation and its distance to the CO ligand. From the 2D surfaces of the resulting potential of mean forces, the spectroscopically distinguished A1 and A3 states of the wild-type as well as two more substates of the double mutant are identified and their vibrational frequencies and distributions are separately examined. Our simulated IR absorption and 2D IR spectra of the two MbCO's are directly compared with the previous experimental results reported by the Fayer group. The chemical exchange rate constants extracted from the two-state kinetic analyses of the simulated 2D IR spectra are in excellent agreement with the experimental values. On the basis of the quantitative agreement between the simulated spectra and experimental ones, we further examine the conformational differences in the heme pockets of the two proteins and show that the double mutation, T67R / S92D , suppresses the A1 population, restricts the imidazole ring rotation, and increases hydrogen-bond strength between the imidazole Nε-H and the oxygen atom of the CO ligand. It is believed that such delicate change of distal His64 imidazole ring dynamics induced by the double mutation may be responsible for its enhanced peroxidase catalytic activity as compared to the wild-type myoglobin.
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- Jun-Ho Choi
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University , Seoul 136-713, Korea
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Kim J, Park J, Lee T, Pak Y, Lim M. Dynamics of geminate rebinding of CO to cytochrome c in guanidine HCl probed by femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:4934-44. [PMID: 23590118 DOI: 10.1021/jp401481q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy was used to probe the rebinding dynamics of CO to cytochrome c (Cytc) in 1.8 and 7 M guanidine HCl (GdnHCl) after photodeligation of the corresponding CO-bound protein in D2O buffer (pD = 7.4) at 283 K. Geminate rebinding (GR) dynamics of CO to the folded Cytc in 1.8 M GdnHCl (nCytc) is similar to that to chemically modified cytochrome c (cCytc), suggesting that the overall conformations of nCytcCO and cCytcCO are similar. About 86% of the dissociated CO molecules were geminately rebound to nCytc nonexponentially within 1 ns. The efficient GR of CO to the folded Cytc can be attributed to the organized protein matrix near the active site of nCytc that provides an efficient trap for the diffusing CO ligand after photodissociation. Although the concentration of nCytc did not affect its GR yield of CO, GR yield of CO to the unfolded Cytc in 7 M GdnHCl (uCytc) increased from 5 to 30% as the protein concentration increased from 0.3 to 9 mM. Time-resolved spectra of the (13)CO dissociated from both 9 mM nCytc(13)CO and 9 mM uCytc(13)CO showed a growing band with a peak at 2090 cm(-1) on the picosecond time scale, which was assigned to (13)CO in D2O solvent. At 1 ns, the fraction of the CO band in the solvent was about 10% of the nascent photodeligated protein in nCytc and more than 50% in the concentrated uCytc. Whereas a small opening in the active site of nCytc is responsible for the ultrafast escape of CO to solution in the folded protein, a large fraction of the CO escape to the solvent in uCytc results from the denatured structure of the active site in the unfolded protein. The spectrum of the CO dissociated from the concentrated uCytcCO contained a band that decayed as efficiently as that for the folded protein, suggesting that some fraction of uCytcCO might form aggregates even in 7 M denaturant, such that the aggregate acts as an efficient trap for the diffusing CO after deligation. No hint of precipitate in the concentrated uCytcCO and protein refolding upon dilution of the GdnHCl indicate that the aggregate does not grow continuously but remains as a soluble oligomer. The delayed appearance of the solvated CO and the inefficient GR of CO in uCytcCO suggest that the monomeric unfolded CytcCO so loosely arranged that the protein matrix cannot trap CO efficiently but the bound CO is still buried within hydrophobic residues even under the harsh denaturation condition.
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- Jooyoung Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735 Korea
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Chiang HC, Ohta N. External Electric Field Effect on Fluorescence Spectra of Pyrene in Solution. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:3861-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp312740b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hung-Chu Chiang
- Research Institute for electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020,
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- Research Institute for electronic
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020,
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Herschlag D, Natarajan A. Fundamental challenges in mechanistic enzymology: progress toward understanding the rate enhancements of enzymes. Biochemistry 2013; 52:2050-67. [PMID: 23488725 DOI: 10.1021/bi4000113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enzymes are remarkable catalysts that lie at the heart of biology, accelerating chemical reactions to an astounding extent with extraordinary specificity. Enormous progress in understanding the chemical basis of enzymatic transformations and the basic mechanisms underlying rate enhancements over the past decades is apparent. Nevertheless, it has been difficult to achieve a quantitative understanding of how the underlying mechanisms account for the energetics of catalysis, because of the complexity of enzyme systems and the absence of underlying energetic additivity. We review case studies from our own work that illustrate the power of precisely defined and clearly articulated questions when dealing with such complex and multifaceted systems, and we also use this approach to evaluate our current ability to design enzymes. We close by highlighting a series of questions that help frame some of what remains to be understood, and we encourage the reader to define additional questions and directions that will deepen and broaden our understanding of enzymes and their catalysis.
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- Daniel Herschlag
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Nienhaus K, Olson JS, Nienhaus GU. An engineered heme-copper center in myoglobin: CO migration and binding. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:1824-31. [PMID: 23459127 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have investigated CO migration and binding in CuBMb, a copper-binding myoglobin double mutant (L29H-F43H), by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and flash photolysis over a wide temperature range. This mutant was originally engineered with the aim to mimic the catalytic site of heme-copper oxidases. Comparison of the wild-type protein Mb and CuBMb shows that the copper ion in the distal pocket gives rise to significant effects on ligand binding to the heme iron. In Mb and copper-free CuBMb, primary and secondary ligand docking sites are accessible upon photodissociation. In copper-bound CuBMb, ligands do not migrate to secondary docking sites but rather coordinate to the copper ion. Ligands entering the heme pocket from the outside normally would not be captured efficiently by the tight distal pocket housing the two additional large imidazole rings. Binding at the Cu ion, however, ensures efficient trapping in CuBMb. The Cu ion also restricts the motions of the His64 side chain, which is the entry/exit door for ligand movement into the active site, and this restriction results in enhanced geminate and slow bimolecular CO rebinding. These results support current mechanistic views of ligand binding in hemoglobins and the role of the CuB in the active of heme-copper oxidases. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins.
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Morris M, Jordan MJT. Modeling molecular response in uniform and non-uniform electric fields. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:054111. [PMID: 23406102 DOI: 10.1063/1.4788833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The response of a molecule to an electric field E, often a model of environment, can be expressed in terms of a sum of power series expansions. We investigate the accuracy and limits of applicability of this expression using one-, two-, and three-dimensional models of the hydrogen-bonded complex, ClH:NH(3). Energetic, structural, and vibrational spectroscopic characteristics are determined at first- and second-order in E and [nabla]E and compared with ab initio values for a range of uniform and non-uniform electric fields chosen to simulate molecular environments. It is found that even at field strengths large enough to cause dramatic structural change in the complex, energetic, structural, and vibrational spectroscopic characteristics are accurately calculated using only terms linear in E and [nabla]E. These results suggest that knowledge of the zero-field molecular potential energy, dipole, and quadrupole moment surfaces may be sufficient to accurately model the interaction of a molecule with a wide range of chemical environments.
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- Michael Morris
- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Rai D, Kulkarni AD, Gejji SP, Bartolotti LJ, Pathak RK. Exploring electric field induced structural evolution of water clusters, (H2O)n [n = 9–20]: Density functional approach. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:044304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4776214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU. A spectroscopic study of structural heterogeneity and carbon monoxide binding in neuroglobin. J Biol Phys 2013; 31:417-32. [PMID: 23345908 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-005-0173-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Neuroglobin (Ngb) is a small globular protein that binds diatomic ligands like oxygen, carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide at a heme prosthetic group. We have performed FTIR spectroscopy in the infrared stretching bands of CO and flash photolysis with monitoring in the electronic heme absorption bands to investigate structural heterogeneity at the active site of Ngb and its effects on CO binding and migration at cryogenic temperatures. Four CO stretching bands were identified; they correspond to discrete conformations that differ in structural details and CO binding properties. Based on a comparison of bound-state and photoproduct IR spectra of the wild-type protein, Ngb distal pocket mutants and myoglobin, we have provided structural interpretations of the conformations associated with the different CO bands. We have also studied ligand migration to the primary docking site, B. Rebinding from this site is governed by very low enthalpy barriers (∼1 kJ/mol), indicating an extremely reactive heme iron. Moreover, we have observed ligand migration to a secondary docking site, C, from which CO rebinding involves higher enthalpy barriers.
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Department of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Rebinding kinetics of dissociated amino acid ligand and carbon monoxide to ferrous microperoxidase-11 in aqueous solution. Sci China Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4788-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Nienhaus K, Zosel F, Nienhaus GU. Ligand binding to heme proteins: a comparison of cytochrome c variants with globins. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:12180-8. [PMID: 22978708 DOI: 10.1021/jp306775n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We have studied the binding of carbon monoxide (CO) in mutants of Cyt c having its methionine at position 80 replaced by alanine, aspartate, and arginine, so that the sixth coordination is available for ligand binding. We have employed Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) photolysis difference spectroscopy to examine interactions of the heme-bound and photolyzed CO (and also nitric oxide, NO) in the small heme pocket created by the mutations. By using FTIR temperature derivative spectroscopy (TDS) and nanosecond flash photolysis, the enthalpy barrier distributions for CO rebinding were determined. In flash photolysis experiments, the majority of ligands rebind to the heme iron on picosecond time scales so that only the high-barrier tail of the distributions is visible on the nanosecond scale. By continuous wave excitation prior to TDS characterization of the barriers, however, each Cyt c molecule is photoexcited multiple times and complete photodissociation can be achieved, which likely arises from a rotation of the CO within the heme pocket so that the oxygen faces the heme iron. Apparently, reorientation prior to rebinding constitutes an additional and significant contribution to the rebinding barrier. Our experiments reveal that the compact, rigid structure of Cyt c offers no alternative binding sites for photodissociated ligands in the protein matrix. A comparison of ligand binding in these Cyt c mutants and hemoglobins underscores the importance of internal ligand docking sites and ligand migration routes for conveying a ligand binding function to heme proteins.
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Kim S, Park J, Lee T, Lim M. Direct Observation of Ligand Rebinding Pathways in Hemoglobin Using Femtosecond Mid-IR Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:6346-55. [PMID: 22587393 DOI: 10.1021/jp3026495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Seongheun Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry
Institute for
Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry
Institute for
Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry
Institute for
Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry
Institute for
Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Lee MW, Meuwly M. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nitric Oxide in Myoglobin. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:4154-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jp212112f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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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- Myung Won Lee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Helbing J, Devereux M, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU, Hamm P, Meuwly M. Temperature dependence of the heat diffusivity of proteins. J Phys Chem A 2011; 116:2620-8. [PMID: 22047554 DOI: 10.1021/jp2061877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In a combined experimental-theoretical study, we investigated the transport of vibrational energy from the surrounding solvent into the interior of a heme protein, the sperm whale myoglobin double mutant L29W-S108L, and its dependence on temperature from 20 to 70 K. The hindered libration of a CO molecule that is not covalently bound to any part of the protein but is trapped in one of its binding pockets (the Xe4 pocket) was used as the local thermometer. Energy was deposited into the solvent by IR excitation. Experimentally, the energy transfer rate increased from (30 ps)(-1) at 20 K to (8 ps)(-1) at 70 K. This temperature trend is opposite to what is expected, assuming that the mechanism of heat transport is similar to that in glasses. In order to elucidate the mechanism and its temperature dependence, nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed, which, however, predicted an essentially temperature-independent rate of vibrational energy flow. We tentatively conclude that the MD potentials overestimate the coupling between the protein and the CO molecule, which appears to be the rate-limiting step in the real system at low temperatures. Assuming that this coupling is anharmonic in nature, the observed temperature trend can readily be explained.
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- Jan Helbing
- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Ogikubo S, Nakabayashi T, Adachi T, Islam MS, Yoshizawa T, Kinjo M, Ohta N. Intracellular pH sensing using autofluorescence lifetime microscopy. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:10385-90. [PMID: 21776989 DOI: 10.1021/jp2058904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fluorescence lifetime images of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) that is a key cofactor in cellular metabolism were obtained in a cell at various values of intracellular pH. The average fluorescence lifetime of NADH is found to become shorter monotonically with increasing pH, indicating that pH in a single cell can be determined by fluorescence lifetime imaging of NADH without adding exogenous fluorescent probes. The magnitude of the pH-induced lifetime change is higher in cells than that in buffer solution. The fluorescence lifetime of NADH is not uniform inside a cell; the fluorescence lifetime of nuclear NADH is shorter than that of mitochondrial NADH at each pH, and the magnitude of the pH-induced change is larger in nuclei than in other areas. The local electric field effect on the fluorescence lifetime is discussed since this effect may be one of the strong possibilities for the nonuniformity of the autofluorescence lifetime of NADH in cells.
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- Shinya Ogikubo
- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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Rai D, Kulkarni AD, Gejji SP, Pathak RK. Methanol clusters (CH3OH)n, n = 3–6 in external electric fields: Density functional theory approach. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:024307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3605630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nakabayashi T, Hino K, Ohta Y, Ito S, Nakano H, Ohta N. Electric-Field-Induced Changes in Absorption and Fluorescence of the Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore in a PMMA Film. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:8622-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp203090e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Takakazu Nakabayashi
- Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa 1, Igaya, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa 1, Igaya, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa 1, Igaya, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa 1, Igaya, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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Nienhaus K, Dominici P, Astegno A, Abbruzzetti S, Viappiani C, Nienhaus GU. Ligand migration and binding in nonsymbiotic hemoglobins of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemistry 2010; 49:7448-58. [PMID: 20666470 DOI: 10.1021/bi100768g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We have studied carbon monoxide (CO) migration and binding in the nonsymbiotic hemoglobins AHb1 and AHb2 of Arabidopsis thaliana using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with temperature derivative spectroscopy (TDS) at cryogenic temperatures. Both proteins have similar amino acid sequences but display pronounced differences in ligand binding properties, at both physiological and cryogenic temperatures. Near neutral pH, the distal HisE7 side chain is close to the heme-bound ligand in the majority of AHb1-CO molecules, as indicated by a low CO stretching frequency at 1921 cm(-1). In this fraction, two CO docking sites can be populated, the primary site B and the secondary site C. When the pH is lowered, a high-frequency stretching band at approximately 1964 cm(-1) grows at the expense of the low-frequency band, indicating that HisE7 protonates and, concomitantly, moves away from the bound ligand. Geminate rebinding barriers are markedly different for the two conformations, and docking site C is not accessible in the low-pH conformation. Rebinding of NO ligands was observed only from site B of AHb1, regardless of conformation. In AHb2, the HisE7 side chain is removed from the bound ligand; rebinding barriers are low, and CO molecules can populate only primary docking site B. These results are interpreted in terms of differences in the active site structures and physiological functions.
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU. Ligand dynamics in heme proteins observed by Fourier transform infrared-temperature derivative spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1814:1030-41. [PMID: 20656073 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the investigation of protein-ligand interactions in heme proteins. Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide are attractive physiologically relevant ligands because their bond stretching vibrations give rise to strong mid-infrared absorption bands that can be measured with exquisite sensitivity and precision using photolysis difference spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures. These stretching bands are fine-tuned by electrostatic interactions with the environment and, therefore, ligands can be utilized as local probes of structure and dynamics. Bound to the heme iron, the ligand stretching bands are susceptible to changes in the iron-ligand bond and the electric field at the active site. Upon photolysis, the vibrational bands display changes due to ligand relocation to docking sites within the protein, rotational motions of the ligand in these sites and protein conformational changes. Photolysis difference spectra taken over a wide temperature range (3-300K) using specific temperature protocols for sample photodissociation can provide detailed insights into both protein and ligand dynamics. Moreover, temperature-derivative spectroscopy (TDS) has proven to be a particularly powerful technique to study protein-ligand interactions. The FTIR-TDS technique has been extensively applied to studies of carbon monoxide binding to heme proteins, whereas measurements with nitric oxide are still scarce. Here we describe infrared cryo-spectroscopy and present a variety of applications to the study of protein-ligand interactions in heme proteins. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein Dynamics: Experimental and Computational Approaches.
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Nienhaus K, Lutz S, Meuwly M, Nienhaus GU. Structural Identification of Spectroscopic Substates in Neuroglobin. Chemphyschem 2010; 11:119-29. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lutz S, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU, Meuwly M. Ligand Migration between Internal Docking Sites in Photodissociated Carbonmonoxy Neuroglobin. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:15334-43. [DOI: 10.1021/jp905673p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stephan Lutz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Andresen ER, Gremaud R, Borgschulte A, Ramirez-Cuesta AJ, Züttel A, Hamm P. Vibrational Dynamics of LiBH4 by Infrared Pump−Probe and 2D Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:12838-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp907746z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Esben Ravn Andresen
- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, and ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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Nickel E, Nienhaus K, Lu C, Yeh SR, Nienhaus GU. Ligand and substrate migration in human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:31548-54. [PMID: 19767648 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.039859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (hIDO), a monomeric heme enzyme, catalyzes the oxidative degradation of L-Trp and other indoleamine derivatives. Using Fourier transform infrared and optical absorption spectroscopy, we have investigated the interplay between ferrous hIDO, the ligand analog CO, and the physiological substrate L-Trp. These data provide the long sought evidence for two distinct L-Trp binding sites. Upon photodissociation from the heme iron at T > 200 K, CO escapes into the solvent. Concomitantly, L-Trp exits the active site and, depending on the l-Trp concentration, migrates to a secondary binding site or into the solvent. Although L-Trp is spectroscopically silent at this site, it is still noticeable due to its pronounced effect on the CO association kinetics, which are significantly slower than those of L-Trp-free hIDO. L-Trp returns to its initial site only after CO has rebound to the heme iron.
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- Elena Nickel
- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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Is high electric field capable of selectively inducing a covalent-like bond between polar and non-polar molecular species? Theor Chem Acc 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-009-0570-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nakabayashi T, Ohta N. Studies on Microenvironment in a Single Cell Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2009. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.58.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University
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Kim J, Park J, Lee T, Lim M. Dynamics of Ultrafast Rebinding of CO to Carboxymethyl Cytochrome c. J Phys Chem B 2008; 113:260-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp804656t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Jooyoung Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute of Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute of Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute of Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute of Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735 Korea
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Nienhaus K, Nickel E, Davis MF, Franzen S, Nienhaus GU. Determinants of Substrate Internalization in the Distal Pocket of Dehaloperoxidase Hemoglobin of Amphitrite ornata. Biochemistry 2008; 47:12985-94. [DOI: 10.1021/bi801564r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Karin Nienhaus
- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Choi JH, Oh KI, Cho M. Azido-derivatized compounds as IR probes of local electrostatic environment: Theoretical studies. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:174512. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3001915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Nakabayashi T, Kinjo M, Ohta N. Electric field effects on fluorescence of the green fluorescent protein. Chem Phys Lett 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nakabayashi T, Nagao I, Kinjo M, Aoki Y, Tanaka M, Ohta N. Stress-induced environmental changes in a single cell as revealed by fluorescence lifetime imaging. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2008; 7:671-4. [PMID: 18528550 DOI: 10.1039/b805032e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fluorescence lifetime image of HeLa cells expressing an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-fusion protein changes under stress, which allows noninvasive determination of the status of individual cells.
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- Takakazu Nakabayashi
- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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