title: Vibrational assignment of the 4-hydroxycinnamyl chromophore in photoactive yellow protein.
abstract: Photoactive yellow protein (PYP) is a bacterial photoreceptor containing a 4-hydroxycinnamyl chromophore. We report the Raman spectra for the dark state of PYP whose chromophore is isotopically labeled with 13C at the carbonyl carbon atom or at the ring carbon atoms. Spectra have been also measured with PYP in D2O where the exchangeable protons are deuterated. Most of the observed Raman bands are assigned on the basis of the observed isotope shifts and normal mode calculations using a density functional theory. We discuss the implication for the analysis of the infrared spectra of PYP. The comprehensive assignment provides a satisfactory framework for future investigations of the photocycle mechanism in PYP by vibrational spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. unno@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumauchi
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D003460:Crystallization; D020607:Halorhodospira halophila; D015394:Molecular Structure; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial; C050162:photoactive yellow protein, Bacteria