Henry E R, Hochstrasser R M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep;84(17):6142-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.17.6142.
The fluorescence of heme proteins is influenced by energy transfer from the excited tryptophan to the heme. Molecular dynamics simulations of the tryptophan and heme motions in sperm whale myoglobin were used to calculate the fluorescence intensity and anisotropy decays. The side chains underwent both small rapid orientational fluctuations and large infrequent transitions between conformations. The predicted motions of the tryptophans and the heme produce large fluctuations in the instantaneous rate of energy transfer, but no stable conformations in which energy transfer is suppressed were found. The calculated fluorescence anisotropies exhibited a large subpicosecond decay, corresponding to nondiffusive side-chain motions. The calculations adequately predict the observed fluorescence decay curve for myoglobin and the total anisotropy decay at 16-ps time resolution. The subnanosecond decays of anisotropy for tryptophan-14 in tuna myoglobin are not reproduced by the calculation.
血红素蛋白的荧光受到从激发态色氨酸到血红素的能量转移的影响。利用抹香鲸肌红蛋白中色氨酸和血红素运动的分子动力学模拟来计算荧光强度和各向异性衰减。侧链经历了小幅度的快速取向波动以及不同构象之间不频繁的大幅度转变。预测的色氨酸和血红素的运动在能量转移的瞬时速率上产生了很大的波动,但未发现能量转移被抑制的稳定构象。计算得到的荧光各向异性表现出很大的亚皮秒衰减,这对应于非扩散性的侧链运动。这些计算充分预测了观察到的肌红蛋白荧光衰减曲线以及在16皮秒时间分辨率下的总各向异性衰减。金枪鱼肌红蛋白中色氨酸-14的亚纳秒各向异性衰减未被该计算重现。