Observación espectroscópica y computacional de la tautomerización de la glutamina en la detección de luz azul

Yusaku Hontani1, Jennifer Mehlhorn2, Tatiana Domratcheva3,4

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, De Boelelaan, The Netherlands.

Resumen

La detección de luz azul utilizando dominios de flavina (BLUF) implica un interruptor de enlace de hidrógeno impulsado por la luz. Este estudio apoya la tautomerización de la glutamina y la rotación de la cadena lateral en los fotorreceptores BLUF utilizando espectroscopia y química computacional.

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