Abstract
X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) crossover peaks were shown to be sensitive to the protonation state of solvent molecules in the Zn protein carbonic anhydrase and its model compounds. Here we extend such studies to galactose oxidase models i.e. Cu(II) open d-shell systems, illustrating that XES combined with FEFF8 simulations reflect changes in the protonation state of the phenolate ligand for the copper center.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5600-5604 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Funding
B.M.W. and A. M. are grateful for the funding from NRSC-C and the Utrecht XAFS User Support group. We acknowledge the NSRRC synchrotron (Taiwan) for beamtime at the BL12XU beamline in SPring8 (Japan). Dr N. Hiraoka and Dr H. Ishii are kindly acknowledged for user support at SPring8, and Dr Jarridge. B. Hereijgers and Dr E. Suljoti from Utrecht University are acknowledged for their help during the synchrotron experiments. Computations were performed at SARA supercomputer facility (The Netherlands) under grant MP-06-124-VVV. The Physics Department of the University of Mar del Plata (Argentina) is acknowledged for providing a pleasant environment for writing this paper during the summer of 2009-2010.
Keywords
- ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
- HISTIDINE COMPLEXES
- CARBOXYLATE BINDING
- RALSTONIA-EUTROPHA
- SITE
- EDGE
- HYDROGENASE
- SPECTRA
- XANES