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Title: Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers

Journal Article · · Structural Dynamics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986627· OSTI ID:1416916
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  1. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
  5. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Nanometre Optics and Technology
  6. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source
  7. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford PULSE Inst.
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford PULSE Inst.
  9. Synchrotron SOLEIL, St. Aubin (France)
  10. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford PULSE Inst.; Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. for Chemistry, Chemical Biological Center
  11. Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. for Chemistry, Chemical Biological Center
  12. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  13. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  14. Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Chemistry, Centre for Biological Chemistry; Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Chemistry, Molecular Biomimetics
  15. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research; Univ. of Potsdam (Germany). Inst. for Physics and Astronomy

X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the L-edge of 3d transition metals provides unique information on the local metal charge and spin states by directly probing 3d-derived molecular orbitals through 2p-3d transitions. But, this soft x-ray technique has been rarely used at synchrotron facilities for mechanistic studies of metalloenzymes due to the difficulties of x-ray-induced sample damage and strong background signals from light elements that can dominate the low metal signal. Here, we combine femtosecond soft x-ray pulses from a free-electron laser with a novel x-ray fluorescence-yield spectrometer to overcome these difficulties. We present L-edge absorption spectra of inorganic high-valent Mn complexes (Mn ~ 6-15 mmol/l) with no visible effects of radiation damage. We then present the first L-edge absorption spectra of the oxygen evolving complex (Mn 4 CaO 5 ) in Photosystem II (Mn < 1 mmol/l) at room temperature, measured under similar conditions. Our approach opens new ways to study metalloenzymes under functional conditions.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1416916
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1378120
Journal Information:
Structural Dynamics, Vol. 4, Issue 5; ISSN 2329-7778
Publisher:
American Crystallographic Association/AIPCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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