Near-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Polypeptides
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Cyclic Dipeptide
2.1.1. Circular Dichroism
2.1.2. 2DUV
- i.
- Degenerate site energies: the site energies are set at the Tyr vertical energy;
- ii.
- Randomly sampled site energies (static disorder): each one of the site energies is randomly extracted from a Gaussian distribution centered at the Tyr vertical energy.
2.2. BPTI
2.2.1. Circular Dichroism
2.2.2. 2DUV
3. Methods
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Method | Lb ΔE/eV (f) | La ΔE/eV (f) | Ba ΔE/eV (f) | Bb ΔE/eV (f) |
---|---|---|---|---|
EOM-CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ + R [35] | 4.95 (0.021) | 6.16 (0.034) | 7.01 (0.389) | 7.10 (0.517) |
CASPT2 [38] | 4.54 (0.005) | 5.66 (0.014) | 6.30 (0.797) | 6.49 (0.690) |
Expt [34] | 4.59 (0.020) | 5.82 (0.132) | 6.70 (0.636) | 6.93 (0.467) |
Expt [35] | 4.61 | 6.00 | 6.74 | 6.74 |
cYY_300_300 | cYY_300_60 | cYY_60_60 | Mod. cYY_60_60 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tyr–Tyr TDM angle | 70° | 70° | 10° | 70° |
Tyr–Tyr coupling strength | 0.4 cm−1 | 2.6 cm−1 | 7 cm−1 | 7 cm−1 |
Degenerate Sites (strong state mixing) | xxxx–3xxyy Signal Intensity | |||
% with respect to xxxx | 9.7% | 6.3% | 0.3% | 6.6% |
Static Disorder (500 snapshots) | ||||
% with respect to xxxx | 0% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
% strong mixing configurations | 1–2% | 4–5% | 10–11% | 10–11% |
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Segatta, F.; Rogers, D.M.; Dyer, N.T.; Guest, E.E.; Li, Z.; Do, H.; Nenov, A.; Garavelli, M.; Hirst, J.D. Near-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Polypeptides. Molecules 2021, 26, 396. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020396
Segatta F, Rogers DM, Dyer NT, Guest EE, Li Z, Do H, Nenov A, Garavelli M, Hirst JD. Near-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Polypeptides. Molecules. 2021; 26(2):396. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020396
Chicago/Turabian StyleSegatta, Francesco, David M. Rogers, Naomi T. Dyer, Ellen E. Guest, Zhuo Li, Hainam Do, Artur Nenov, Marco Garavelli, and Jonathan D. Hirst. 2021. "Near-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Polypeptides" Molecules 26, no. 2: 396. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020396