Identifying the structural rearrangements during photoinduced reactions is a fundamental challenge for understanding from a microscopic perspective the dynamics underlying the functional mechanisms of heme proteins. Here, femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy is applied to follow the ultrafast evolution of two different proteins, each bearing a six-coordinate heme with two amino acid axial ligands. By exploiting the sensitivity of Raman spectra to the structural configuration, we investigate the effects of photolysis and the binding of amino acid residues in cytochrome c and neuroglobin. By comparing the system response for different time delays and Raman pump resonances, we show how detailed properties of atomic motions and energy redistribution can be unveiled. In particular, we demonstrate substantially faster energy flow from the dissociated heme to the protein moiety in cytochrome c, which we assign to the presence of covalent heme-protein bonds.

Ultrafast dynamics and vibrational relaxation in six-coordinate heme proteins revealed by femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy / Ferrante, C.; Batignani, G.; Pontecorvo, E.; Montemiglio, L. C.; Vos, M. H.; Scopigno, T.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0002-7863. - 142:5(2020), pp. 2285-2292. [10.1021/jacs.9b10560]

Ultrafast dynamics and vibrational relaxation in six-coordinate heme proteins revealed by femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy

Ferrante C.
Co-primo
;
Batignani G.
Co-primo
;
Pontecorvo E.
Co-primo
;
Montemiglio L. C.;Scopigno T.
2020

Abstract

Identifying the structural rearrangements during photoinduced reactions is a fundamental challenge for understanding from a microscopic perspective the dynamics underlying the functional mechanisms of heme proteins. Here, femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy is applied to follow the ultrafast evolution of two different proteins, each bearing a six-coordinate heme with two amino acid axial ligands. By exploiting the sensitivity of Raman spectra to the structural configuration, we investigate the effects of photolysis and the binding of amino acid residues in cytochrome c and neuroglobin. By comparing the system response for different time delays and Raman pump resonances, we show how detailed properties of atomic motions and energy redistribution can be unveiled. In particular, we demonstrate substantially faster energy flow from the dissociated heme to the protein moiety in cytochrome c, which we assign to the presence of covalent heme-protein bonds.
2020
raman spectroscopy, pump-probe
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Ultrafast dynamics and vibrational relaxation in six-coordinate heme proteins revealed by femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy / Ferrante, C.; Batignani, G.; Pontecorvo, E.; Montemiglio, L. C.; Vos, M. H.; Scopigno, T.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0002-7863. - 142:5(2020), pp. 2285-2292. [10.1021/jacs.9b10560]
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