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Monajemi H, M. Zain S, Ishida T, Wan Abdullah WAT. Inducing proton tunnelling to increase the reactivity of boronic acids towards diols: A quantum biology study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.113076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kulkarni Y, Kamerlin SCL. Computational physical organic chemistry using the empirical valence bond approach. ADVANCES IN PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.apoc.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pusuluk O, Farrow T, Deliduman C, Burnett K, Vedral V. Proton tunnelling in hydrogen bonds and its implications in an induced-fit model of enzyme catalysis. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The role of proton tunnelling in biological catalysis is investigated here within the frameworks of quantum information theory and thermodynamics. We consider the quantum correlations generated through two hydrogen bonds between a substrate and a prototypical enzyme that first catalyses the tautomerization of the substrate to move on to a subsequent catalysis, and discuss how the enzyme can derive its catalytic potency from these correlations. In particular, we show that classical changes induced in the binding site of the enzyme spreads the quantum correlations among all of the four hydrogen-bonded atoms thanks to the directionality of hydrogen bonds. If the enzyme rapidly returns to its initial state after the binding stage, the substrate ends in a new transition state corresponding to a quantum superposition. Open quantum system dynamics can then naturally drive the reaction in the forward direction from the major tautomeric form to the minor tautomeric form without needing any additional catalytic activity. We find that in this scenario the enzyme lowers the activation energy so much that there is no energy barrier left in the tautomerization, even if the quantum correlations quickly decay.
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- Onur Pusuluk
- Department of Physics, İstanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Bomonti, Istanbul 34380, Turkey
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- University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Klein JEMN, Mandal D, Ching WM, Mallick D, Que L, Shaik S. Privileged Role of Thiolate as the Axial Ligand in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions by Oxoiron(IV) Complexes in Shaping the Potential Energy Surface and Inducing Significant H-Atom Tunneling. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:18705-18713. [PMID: 29179544 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An H/D kinetic isotope effect (KIE) of 80 is found at -20 °C for the oxidation of 9,10-dihydroanthracene by [FeIV(O)(TMCS)]+, a complex supported by the tetramethylcyclam (TMC) macrocycle with a tethered thiolate. This KIE value approaches that previously predicted by DFT calculations. Other [FeIV(O)(TMC)(anion)] complexes exhibit values of 20, suggesting that the thiolate ligand of [FeIV(O)(TMCS)]+ plays a unique role in facilitating tunneling. Calculations show that tunneling is most enhanced (a) when the bond asymmetry between C-H bond breaking and O-H bond formation in the transition state is minimized, and (b) when the electrostatic interactions in the O---H---C moiety are maximal. These two factors-which peak for the best electron donor, the thiolate ligand-afford a slim and narrow barrier through which the H-atom can tunnel most effectively.
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- Johannes E M N Klein
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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Ji CG, Zhang JZH. Understanding the molecular mechanism of enzyme dynamics of ribonuclease A through protonation/deprotonation of HIS48. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:17727-37. [PMID: 21942333 DOI: 10.1021/ja206212a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulation is carried out to investigate the enzyme dynamics of RNase A with the HIS48 in three different states (HIP48 (protonated), HID48 (deprotonated), and H48A mutant). Insights derived from the current theoretical study, combined with the available experimental observations, enabled us to provide a microscopic picture for the efficient enzyme dynamics. Specifically, in the "closed" state or HIP48, the N-terminal hinge loop is intact and the enzyme remains in a relatively stable conformation which is preferred for catalytic reaction. Deprotonation of HIS48 induces the denaturing of this hinge-loop into a 3(10)-helix, causing it to break the original interaction network around the loop-1 and drive the partial unfolding of the N-terminal. The enhanced dynamic motion of the N-terminal helix facilitates the release of the catalytic product (the rate limiting step) and speeds up the overall catalytic process. The current study established that HIS49 acts as a modulator for the transformation of conformational states through the perturbing of hydrogen bond networks across loop-1, the N-terminal helix, and other residues nearby. Our study suggests that HIS48 may also serve to transport loop-1's kinetic energy to the reaction center.
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- Chang G Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
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Cai J, Popescu S, Briegel HJ. Dynamic entanglement in oscillating molecules and potential biological implications. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:021921. [PMID: 20866851 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.021921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Revised: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate that entanglement can persistently recur in an oscillating two-spin molecule that is coupled to a hot and noisy environment, in which no static entanglement can survive. The system represents a nonequilibrium quantum system which, driven through the oscillatory motion, is prevented from reaching its (separable) thermal equilibrium state. Environmental noise, together with the driven motion, plays a constructive role by periodically resetting the system, even though it will destroy entanglement as usual. As a building block, the present simple mechanism supports the perspective that entanglement can exist also in systems which are exposed to a hot environment and to high levels of decoherence, which we expect, e.g., for biological systems. Our results also suggest that entanglement plays a role in the heat exchange between molecular machines and environment. Experimental simulation of our model with trapped ions is within reach of the current state-of-the-art quantum technologies.
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- Jianming Cai
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
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Williams IH. Quantum catalysis? A comment on tunnelling contributions for catalysed and uncatalysed reactions. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.1658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sumner I, Iyengar SS. Analysis of Hydrogen Tunneling in an Enzyme Active Site using von Neumann Measurements. J Chem Theory Comput 2010; 6:6-10. [PMID: 22933858 PMCID: PMC3428049 DOI: 10.1021/ct900630n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We build on our earlier quantum wavepacket study of hydrogen transfer in the biological enzyme, soybean lipoxygenase-1, by using von Neumann quantum measurement theory to gain qualitative insights into the transfer event. We treat the enzyme active site as a measurement device which acts on the tunneling hydrogen nucleus via the potential it exerts at each configuration. A series of changing active site geometries during the tunneling process effects a sequential projection of the initial, reactant state onto the final, product state. We study this process using several different kinds of von Neumann measurements and show how a discrete sequence of such measurements not only progressively increases the projection of the hydrogen nuclear wavepacket onto the product side but also favors proton over deuteron transfer. Several qualitative features of the hydrogen tunneling problem found in wavepacket dynamics studies are also recovered here. These include the shift in the "transition state" towards the reactant as a result of nuclear quantization, greater participation of excited states in the case of deuterium, and presence of critical points along the reaction coordinate that facilitate hydrogen and deuterium transfer and coincide with surface crossings. To further "tailor" the dynamics, we construct a perturbation to the sequence of measurements, that is a perturbation to the dynamical sequence of active site geometry evolution, which leads us to insight on the existence of sensitive regions of the reaction profile where subtle changes to the dynamics of the active site can have an effect on the hydrogen and deuterium transfer process.
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- Isaiah Sumner
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN-47405
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN-47405
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Reece SY, Nocera DG. Proton-coupled electron transfer in biology: results from synergistic studies in natural and model systems. Annu Rev Biochem 2009; 78:673-99. [PMID: 19344235 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.78.080207.092132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) underpins energy conversion in biology. PCET may occur with the unidirectional or bidirectional transfer of a proton and electron and may proceed synchronously or asynchronously. To illustrate the role of PCET in biology, this review presents complementary biological and model systems that explore PCET in electron transfer (ET) through hydrogen bonds [azurin as compared to donor-acceptor (D-A) hydrogen-bonded networks], the activation of C-H bonds [alcohol dehydrogenase and soybean lipoxygenase (SLO) as compared to Fe(III) metal complexes], and the generation and transport of amino acid radicals [photosystem II (PSII) and ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) as compared to tyrosine-modified photoactive Re(I) and Ru(II) complexes]. In providing these comparisons, the fundamental principles of PCET in biology are illustrated in a tangible way.
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- Steven Y Reece
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
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Quantum behavior of water protons in protein hydration shell. Biophys J 2009; 96:1939-43. [PMID: 19254553 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Quantum effects on the water proton dynamics over the surface of a hydrated protein are measured by means of broadband dielectric spectroscopy and deep inelastic neutron scattering. Dielectric spectroscopy indicates a reduced energy barrier for a hydrogenated protein sample compared to a deuterated one, along with a large and temperature-dependent isotopic ratio, in good agreement with theoretical studies. Recent deep inelastic neutron scattering data have been reanalyzed, and now show that the momentum distribution of water protons reflects a characteristic delocalization at ambient temperatures. These experimental findings might have far-reaching implications for enzymatic catalysis involving proton transfer processes, as in the case of the lysozyme protein studied in this report.
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Hay S, Scrutton NS. Incorporation of hydrostatic pressure into models of hydrogen tunneling highlights a role for pressure-modulated promoting vibrations. Biochemistry 2008; 47:9880-7. [PMID: 18717597 DOI: 10.1021/bi8005972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hydrostatic pressure offers an alternative to temperature as an experimental probe of hydrogen-transfer reactions. H tunneling reactions have been shown to exhibit kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) that are sensitive to pressure, and environmentally coupled H tunneling reactions, those reactions in which H transfer is coupled to atomic fluctuations (a promoting vibration) along the reaction coordinate, often have quite temperature-dependent KIEs. We present here a theoretical treatment of the combined effect of temperature and pressure on environmentally coupled H tunneling reactions. We develop a generalized expression for the KIE, which can be used as a simple fitting function for combined experimental temperature- and pressure-dependent KIE data sets. With this expression, we are able to extract information about the pressure dependence of both the apparent tunneling distance and the frequency of the promoting vibration. The KIE expression is tested on two data sets {the reduction of chloranil by leuco crystal violet [Isaacs, N. S., Javaid, K., and Rannala, E. (1998) J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 709-711] and the reduction of morphinone reductase by NADH [Hay, S., Sutcliffe, M. J., and Scrutton, N. S. (2007) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104, 507-512]} and suggests that hydrostatic pressure is a sensitive probe of nuclear quantum mechanical effects in H-transfer reactions.
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- Sam Hay
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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Betley TA, Surendranath Y, Childress MV, Alliger GE, Fu R, Cummins CC, Nocera DG. A ligand field chemistry of oxygen generation by the oxygen-evolving complex and synthetic active sites. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2008; 363:1293-303; discussion 1303. [PMID: 17971328 PMCID: PMC2614088 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Oxygen-oxygen bond formation and O2 generation occur from the S4 state of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Several mechanistic possibilities have been proposed for water oxidation, depending on the formal oxidation state of the Mn atoms. All fall under two general classifications: the AB mechanism in which nucleophilic oxygen (base, B) attacks electrophilic oxygen (acid, A) of the Mn4Ca cluster or the RC mechanism in which radical-like oxygen species couple within OEC. The critical intermediate in either mechanism involves a metal oxo, though the nature of this oxo for AB and RC mechanisms is disparate. In the case of the AB mechanism, assembly of an even-electron count, high-valent metal-oxo proximate to a hydroxide is needed whereas, in an RC mechanism, two odd-electron count, high-valent metal oxos are required. Thus the two mechanisms give rise to very different design criteria for functional models of the OEC active site. This discussion presents the electron counts and ligand geometries that support metal oxos for AB and RC O-O bond-forming reactions. The construction of architectures that bring two oxygen functionalities together under the purview of the AB and RC scenarios are described.
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology77 Massachusetts Avenue, 6-335, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
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Hengeveld R. Two approaches to the study of the origin of life. Acta Biotheor 2007; 55:97-131. [PMID: 17891504 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-007-9017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This paper compares two approaches that attempt to explain the origin of life, or biogenesis. The more established approach is one based on chemical principles, whereas a new, yet not widely known approach begins from a physical perspective. According to the first approach, life would have begun with--often organic--compounds. After having developed to a certain level of complexity and mutual dependence within a non-compartmentalised organic soup, they would have assembled into a functioning cell. In contrast, the second, physical type of approach has life developing within tiny compartments from the beginning. It emphasises the importance of redox reactions between inorganic elements and compounds found on two sides of a compartmental boundary. Without this boundary, "life" would not have begun, nor have been maintained; this boundary--and the complex cell membrane that evolved from it--forms the essence of life.
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- R Hengeveld
- Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Zhong D. Ultrafast catalytic processes in enzymes. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2007; 11:174-81. [PMID: 17353141 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The study of biocatalysis and biotransformation in the transition-state region has been challenging and difficult, but recent advances on two important photoenzymes in nature, DNA photolyase and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, have enabled the investigation of their catalytic processes in real time. By following the entire evolution of substrate transformation, the functional dynamics constituting a series of elementary reactions have been mapped out. The five fundamental reactions in the enzymes, namely electron transfer, bond breaking and making, proton and hydride transfer, all occur ultrafast within subnanosecond. The direct clocking of catalytic transition states probes central, unmasked chemical processes and provides mechanistic insights into the role of the dynamics in enzyme function, which not only facilitates the formation of the enzyme-substrate complex in the transition-state configurations, but also modulates the subsequent catalytic reactions for maximum biotransformation efficiency.
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- Dongping Zhong
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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