title: Inverse hydrogen migration in arginine-containing peptide ions upon electron transfer.
abstract: Collisional electron transfer from gaseous Cs atoms was studied for singly and doubly protonated peptides Gly-Arg (GR) and Ala-Arg (AR) at 50- and 100-keV kinetic energies. Singly protonated GR and AR were discharged to radicals that in part rearranged by migration of a C(alpha) hydrogen atom onto the guanidine group. The C(alpha)-radical isomers formed were detected as stable anions following transfer of a second electron. In addition to the stabilizing rearrangements, the radicals underwent side-chain and backbone dissociations. The latter formed z fragments that were detected as the corresponding anions. Analysis of the (GR + H)(.) radical potential energy surface using electronic structure theory in combination with Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus calculations of rate constants indicated that the arginine C(alpha) hydrogen atom was likely to be transferred to the arginine side-chain on the experimental timescale of <or=200 ns. Transfer of the Gly C(alpha)H was calculated to have a higher transition-state energy and was not kinetically competitive. Collisional electron transfer to doubly protonated GR and AR resulted in complete dissociation of (GR + 2H)(+.) and (AR + 2H)(+.) ions by loss of H, ammonia, and NC(alpha) bond cleavage. Electronic structure theory analysis of (GR + 2H)(+.) indicated the presence of multiple conformers and electronic states that differed in reactivity and steered the dissociations to distinct channels. Electron attachment to (GR + 2H)(2+) resulted in the formation of closely spaced electronic states of (GR + 2H)(+.) in which the electron density was delocalized over the guanidinium, ammonium, amide, and carboxyl groups. The different behavior of (GR + H)(.) and (GR + 2H)(+.) is explained by the different timescales for dissociation and different internal energies acquired upon electron transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Subhasis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panja
authors.forename: Steen Brøndsted
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Preben
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hvelplund
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turecek
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004579:Electron Transport; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D006859:Hydrogen; D001120:Arginine
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