Kurle-Tucholski Patrick, Wiebeler Christian, Köhler Lisa, Qin Ruonan, Zhao Ziyue, Šimėnas Mantas, Pöppl Andreas, Matysik Jörg
Institut für Analytische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany.
J Phys Chem B. 2024 May 9;128(18):4344-4353. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00397. Epub 2024 Apr 30.
Flavin mononucleotide (FMN) is a ubiquitous blue-light pigment due to its ability to drive one- and two-electron transfer reactions. In both light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domains of phototropin from the green algae , FMN is noncovalently bound. In the LOV1 cysteine-to-serine mutant (C57S), light-induced electron transfer from a nearby tryptophan occurs, and a transient spin-correlated radical pair (SCRP) is formed. Within this photocycle, nuclear hyperpolarization is created by the solid-state photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) effect. In a side reaction, a stable protonated semiquinone radical (FMNH) forms undergoing a significant bathochromic shift of the first electronic transition from 445 to 591 nm. The incorporation of phototropin LOV1-C57S into an amorphous trehalose matrix, stabilizing the radical, allows for application of various magnetic resonance experiments at ambient temperatures, which are combined with quantum-chemical calculations. As a result, the bathochromic shift of the first absorption band is explained by lifting the degeneracy of the molecular orbital energy levels for electrons with alpha and beta spins in FMNH due to the additional electron.
黄素单核苷酸(FMN)是一种普遍存在的蓝光色素,因为它能够驱动单电子和双电子转移反应。在绿藻向光蛋白的两个光-氧-电压(LOV)结构域中,FMN是非共价结合的。在LOV1半胱氨酸到丝氨酸突变体(C57S)中,会发生光诱导的电子从附近色氨酸转移,形成一个瞬态自旋相关自由基对(SCRP)。在这个光循环中,通过固态光化学诱导动态核极化(光-CIDNP)效应产生核超极化。在一个副反应中,会形成一个稳定的质子化半醌自由基(FMNH),其第一个电子跃迁发生了显著的红移,从445 nm移至591 nm。将向光蛋白LOV1-C57S掺入无定形海藻糖基质中,使自由基稳定,从而能够在环境温度下进行各种磁共振实验,并与量子化学计算相结合。结果表明,由于额外的电子,FMNH中α和β自旋电子的分子轨道能级简并性被消除,从而解释了第一个吸收带的红移。