DFT/MM description of flavin IR spectra in BLUF domains.
DFT/MM description of flavin IR spectra in BLUF domains.
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BLUF 域中黄素红外光谱的 DFT/MM 描述
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10.1021/jp2043637
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2011
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P. Tavan
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作者:
S Bauer;G Mathias;P. Tavan
A class of photoreceptors occurring in various organisms consists of domains that are blue light sensing using flavin (BLUF). The vibrational spectra of the flavin chromophore are spectroscopically well characterized for the dark-adapted resting states and for the light-adapted signaling states of BLUF domains in solution. Here we present a theoretical analysis of such spectra by applying density functional theory (DFT) to the flavin embedded in molecular mechanics (MM) models of its protein and solvent environment. By DFT/MM we calculate flavin spectra for seven different X-ray and NMR structures of BLUF domains occurring in the transcriptional antirepressor AppA and in the blue light receptor B (BlrB) of the purple bacteriumRb. Sphaeroidesas well as in the phototaxis photoreceptor Slr1694 of the cyanobacteriumSynechocystis. By considering the dynamical stabilities of associated all-atom simulation models and by comparing calculated with observed vibrational spectra, we show that two of the considered structures (both AppA) are obviously erroneous and that specific features of two further crystal structures (BlrB and Slr1694) cannot represent the states of the respective BLUF domains in solution. Thereby, the conformational transitions elicited by solvation are identified. In this context we demonstrate how hydrogen bonds of varying strengths can tune in BLUF domains the CO stretching frequencies of the flavin chromophore. Furthermore we show that the DFT/MM spectra of the flavin calculated for two different AppA BLUF conformations, which are called Trpinand Metin, fit very well to the spectroscopic data observed for the dark and light states, respectively, if (i) polarized MM force fields, which are calculated by an iterative DFT/MM procedure, are employed for the flavin binding pockets and (ii) the calculated frequencies are properly scaled. Although the associated analysis indicates that the Trpinconformation belongs to the dark state, no clear light vs dark distinction emerges for the Metinconformation. In this connection, a number of methodological issues relevant for such complex computations are thoroughly discussed showing, in particular, why our current descriptions could not decide the light vs dark question for Metin.
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2.9
作者:
Hellwig, P;Scheide, D;Friedrich, T
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DOI:
10.1039/b925908b
发表时间:
2010
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Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
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1996
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