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Exploiting orientation-selective DEER : determining molecular structure in systems containing Cu(II) centres

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28/02/2016
Author
Bowen, Alice M.
Jones, Michael W.
Lovett, Janet E.
Gaule, Thembanikosi G.
McPherson, Michael J.
Dilworth, Jonathan R.
Timmel, Christiane R.
Harmer, Jeffrey R.
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QC Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Abstract
Orientation-selective DEER (Double Electron-Electron Resonance) measurements were conducted on a series of rigid and flexible molecules containing Cu(ii) ions. A system with two rigidly held Cu(ii) ions was afforded by the protein homo-dimer of copper amine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis. This system provided experimental DEER data between two Cu(ii) ions with a well-defined distance and relative orientation to assess the accuracy of the methodology. Evaluation of orientation-selective DEER (os DEER) on systems with limited flexibility was probed using a series of porphyrin-based Cu(ii)-nitroxide and Cu(ii)-Cu(ii) model systems of well-defined lengths synthesized for this project. Density functional theory was employed to generate molecular models of the conformers for each porphyrin-based Cu(ii) dimer studied. Excellent agreement was found between DEER traces simulated using these computed conformers and the experimental data. The performance of different parameterised structural models in simulating the experimental DEER data was also investigated. The results of this analysis demonstrate the degree to which the DEER data define the relative orientation of the two Cu(ii) ions and highlight the need to choose a parameterised model that captures the essential features of the flexibility (rotational freedom) of the system being studied.
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Bowen , A M , Jones , M W , Lovett , J E , Gaule , T G , McPherson , M J , Dilworth , J R , Timmel , C R & Harmer , J R 2016 , ' Exploiting orientation-selective DEER : determining molecular structure in systems containing Cu(II) centres ' , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , vol. 18 , no. 8 , pp. 5981-5994 . https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp06096f
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp06096f
ISSN
1463-9076
Type
Journal article
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This is an Open Access Article. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the EPSRC, BBSRC and Royal Society. JRH thanks the ARC (FT120100421) for financial support. JEL and AMB would like to thank University College, Oxford for financial support. JEL would also like to thank The Royal Society for a University Research Fellowship. TGG and AMB were supported by a BBSRC studentships.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8406

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