UV Resonance Raman and DFT Studies of Arginine Side Chains in Peptides: Insights into Arginine Hydration

Overview

Journal J Phys Chem B

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2013 May 17

PMID 23676082

Citations 7

Authors

Zhenmin Hong

Jonathan Wert

Sanford A Asher

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Abstract

We examined the UV resonance Raman (UVRR) spectra of four models of the Arg side chain, guanidinium (Gdn), ethylguanidinium (EG), arginine (Arg), and Ac-Arg-OMe (AAO) in H2O and D2O, in order to identify spectral markers that report on the environment of the Arg side chain. To elucidate the resonance Raman enhancement mechanism of the Arg side chain, we used density functional theory (DFT) to calculate the equilibrium geometries of the electronic ground state and the first excited state. We determined the vibrational mode frequencies of the ground state and the first derivative of the first electronic excited state potential energy with respect to each vibrational normal mode of the electronic ground state at the electronic ground state equilibrium geometry. The DFT calculations and the potential energy distributions reveal that, in addition to the Gdn group C-N stretching vibrations, the C-N bond stretching vibration of the Gdn group-methylene linkage is also strongly resonance-enhanced in EG, Arg, and AAO. From the UVRR spectra, we find that the Raman cross section and frequency of the ~1170 cm(-1) vibration of the Arg side chain depends on its hydration state and can be used to determine the hydration state of the Arg side chain in peptides and proteins. We examined the hydration of the Arg side chain in two polyAla peptides and found that in the α-helical conformation the Arg side chain in the AEP peptide (sequence: A9RA3EA4RA2) is less hydrated than that in the AP peptide (sequence: A8RA4RA4RA2).

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