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Yingliang Liu1,2, Alessandra Picchiotti3,4, Aditya S Chaudhari1
1Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, Průmyslová 595, CZ-252 50 Vestec, Czechia.
Abstract:
In our previous investigation of the excited-state Raman spectra of free flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and the light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) sensitive protein EL222, we observed intensity variations and a red shift in the N1-C2 stretching modes within the S1 state Raman spectroscopy of EL222. This phenomenon was attributed to potential S1/S2 state mixing. However, the existence of T1/T2 mixing in EL222 remained undetermined. To address this, we employed an avoided crossing model to simulate the influence of electronic state mixing on Raman spectroscopy. Our results indicate that mixing induces redshift or blueshift in the 0-1 Raman transition frequency and alters the equilibrium position, consequently affecting the corresponding Raman intensity. The analysis further suggests that S1/S2 state mixing in EL222 occurs within the weak coupling regime. Additionally, experimental data revealed potential Raman signatures indicative of T1/T2 mixing in EL222.
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