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Sven Kessen1, Christian Teutloff, Jan Kern
1Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Hydrogen bonds are key determinants for protein structures and the fine-tuning of active-site properties. For example, they are responsible for the redox potential variability of protein-imbedded chromophores. By applying high-field (94 GHz) Mims-ENDOR spectroscopy on deuterium-exchanged frozen-solution samples and single crystals of photosystem II from Th. elongatus, we identified the hydrogen-bonding partner of the tyrosyl radical D2-Tyr160, Y(D)*, directly by the strength and orientation of the deuterium hyperfine coupling as D2-His189, that is, without relying on the disappearance of a hyperfine coupling interaction upon deletion of D2-His189. No indications for additional hydrogen bonds can be found in the spectra, thereby eliminating hypotheses about a water network as hydrogen-binding partner of Y(D)*.
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