title: A strongly absorbing class of non-natural labels for probing protein electrostatics and solvation with FTIR and 2D IR spectroscopies.
abstract: A series of non-natural infrared probes is reported that consist of a metal-tricarbonyl modified with a -(CH2)n- linker and cysteine-specific leaving group. They can be site-specifically attached to proteins using mutagenesis and similar protocols for EPR spin labels, which have the same leaving group. We characterize the label's frequencies and lifetimes using 2D IR spectroscopy in solvents of varying dielectric. The frequency range spans 10 cm(-1), and the variation in lifetimes ranges from 6 to 19 ps, indicating that these probes are very sensitive to their environments. Also, we attached probes with -(CH2)-, -(CH2)3-, and -(CH2)4- linkers to ubiquitin at positions 6 and 63 and collected spectra in aqueous buffer. The frequencies and lifetimes were correlated for 3C and 4C linkers, as they were in the solvents, but did not correlate for the 1C linker. We conclude that lifetime measures solvation, whereas frequency reflects the electrostatics of the environment, which in the case of the 1C linker is a measure of the protein electrostatic field. We also labeled V71C α-synuclein in buffer and membrane-bound. Unlike most other infrared labels, this label has extremely strong cross sections and thus can be measured with 2D IR spectroscopy at sub-millimolar concentrations. We expect that these labels will find use in studying the structure and dynamics of membrane-bound, aggregated, and kinetically evolving proteins for which high signal-to-noise at low protein concentrations is imperative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, United States.
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Woys
authors.forename: Sudipta S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Skoff
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Martin T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Zanni
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D008698:Mesylates / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013113:Spin Labels; D055672:Static Electricity; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008698:Mesylates; D012997:Solvents; D013113:Spin Labels; D025801:Ubiquitin; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; C074502:methanethiosulfonate
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