Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin (Germany). Inst. for Nanometre Optics and Technology
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford PULSE Inst.
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford PULSE Inst.
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, St. Aubin (France)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford PULSE Inst.; Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. for Chemistry, Chemical Biological Center
- Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. for Chemistry, Chemical Biological Center
- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Umea Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Chemistry, Centre for Biological Chemistry; Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Chemistry, Molecular Biomimetics
- 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
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