Structures and solid-state dynamics of one-dimensional water chains stabilized by imidazole channels
Structures and solid-state dynamics of one-dimensional water chains stabilized by imidazole channels
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200352157
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Buchanan, RM
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作者:
Cheruzel, LE;Pometun, MS;Buchanan, RM
One-dimensional (1D) water chain structures constitute a potentially important form of water that is poorly understood.[1] Many fundamental biological processes [2–9] appear to depend on the unique properties of water chains. For example, water chains may assist in proton translocation through membranes by functioning as “proton wires”.[10a] Such behavior is illustrated by the membrane protein gramicidin A (gA)[2] in which protons are envisioned [10b] to either hop along a single-file chain of water molecules according to the Grotthuss relay mechanism,[11] or migrate as H9O4+[12] or H5O2+[13] ionic water clusters.[14] In addition, water chains appear to be important to the proton pathways in the cytochrome b6f complex of plant chloroplast thylakoid membrane and mitochondrial ATPase,[3] and carbonic anhydrase II,[4] as well as in redox proteins such as cyctochrome oxidase,[5] bacteriorhodopsin,[6] and the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.[7] Water chains are also found in membrane aquapores, which are important to the function of the nicotinic receptor M2d5[8] as well as the influenza A M2 virus.[9]Curiously, little is known of the structural constraints required in stabilizing 1D water chains. Unlike bulk water or ice,[15] 1D water chains appear to be stabilized by strong H-bonding between neighboring water molecules along the chain as well as H-bonding between water molecules and donor–acceptor groups associated with channels.[2, 8–9] Recently, we have discovered that certain imidazole compounds stabilize infinite 1D water chains relevant to the biological structures mentioned above. Herein we describe the crystal structures of the hydrated compounds and