Protonation State of Dopamine Neurotransmitter at the Aqueous Interface: Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation
Biswajit Biswas1, Prashant Chandra Singh1
1School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata India, 700032.
Abstract:
Dopamine is an important amine-based chemical neurotransmitter whose protonated state plays a crucial role in the recognition process. Understanding the structure and protonated state of dopamine at the aqueous interface is desired as the diffusion as well as binding of dopamine with the receptors take place frequently in the aqueous interface region. Vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) study of the OH stretch of water at the air/water interface in the presence of dopamine is performed and compared with its analog, phenylethylamine, and catechol. The VSFG data suggest that, unlike the bulk case, the population of the deprotonated amine group of dopamine is higher at the aqueous interface. This study suggests that the structure of dopamine at the aqueous interface is different from the bulk which may be useful in understanding the recognition process of dopamine in the interfacial region.
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