Against the NEER principle: the third type of photochromism for GFP chromophore derivatives
Jun-Wei Liao1, Robert Sung1, Kuangsen Sung1
1Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. kssung@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Abstract:
Photochromism is the heart of photochromic fluorescent proteins. Excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) is the major cause of photochromism for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and Z-E photoisomerization through τ-torsion is the major cause of photochromism for Dronpa (a GFP mutant). In this article, s-E-1 opens a third type of photochromism for GFP chromophore derivatives, which involves light-driven φ-torsion with no τ-torsion, followed by excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), and is gated by environmental polarity. Since s-E-1 does not follow Z-E photoisomerization through τ-torsion but undergoes light-driven φ-torsion, which involves equilibration of the excited-state rotamers, it is clearly against the NEER (Non-Equilibration of Excited-state Rotamers) principle.
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