Title |
Low frequency vibrational modes in proteins: Changes induced by point-mutations in the protein-cofactor matrix of bacterial reaction centers
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Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, October 1998
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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12306 |
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Authors |
Christian Rischel, Diane Spiedel, Justin P. Ridge, Michael R. Jones, Jacques Breton, Jean-Christophe Lambry, Jean-Louis Martin, Marten H. Vos |
Abstract |
As a step toward understanding their functional role, the low frequency vibrational motions (<300 cm-1) that are coupled to optical excitation of the primary donor bacteriochlorophyll cofactors in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides were investigated. The pattern of hydrogen-bonding interaction between these bacteriochlorophylls and the surrounding protein was altered in several ways by mutation of single amino acids. The spectrum of low frequency vibrational modes identified by femtosecond coherence spectroscopy varied strongly between the different reaction center complexes, including between different mutants where the pattern of hydrogen bonds was the same. It is argued that these variations are primarily due to changes in the nature of the individual modes, rather than to changes in the charge distribution in the electronic states involved in the optical excitation. Pronounced effects of point mutations on the low frequency vibrational modes active in a protein-cofactor system have not been reported previously. The changes in frequency observed indicate a strong involvement of the protein in these nuclear motions and demonstrate that the protein matrix can increase or decrease the fluctuations of the cofactor along specific directions. |
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