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Langeland J, Lindkvist TT, Kjær C, Nielsen SB. Gas-phase Förster resonance energy transfer in mass-selected and trapped ions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:477-499. [PMID: 36514825 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Förster Resonance Energy transfer (FRET) is a nonradiative process that may occur from an electronically excited donor to an acceptor when the emission spectrum of the donor overlaps with the absorption spectrum of the acceptor. FRET experiments have been done in the gas phase based on specially designed mass-spectroscopy setups with the goal to obtain structural information on biomolecular ions labeled with a FRET pair (i.e., donor and acceptor dyes) and to shed light on the energy-transfer process itself. Ions are accumulated in a radio-frequency ion trap or a Penning trap where mass selection of those of interest takes place, followed by photoexcitation. Gas-phase FRET is identified from detection of emitted light either from the donor, the acceptor, or both, or from a fragmentation channel that is specific to the acceptor when electronically excited. The challenge associated with the first approach is the collection and detection of photons emitted from a thin ion cloud that is not easily accessible while the second approach relies both on the photophysical and chemical behavior of the acceptor. In this review, we present the different instrumentation used for gas-phase FRET, including a discussion of advantages and disadvantages, and examples on how the technique has provided important structural information that is not easily obtainable otherwise. Furthermore, we describe how the spectroscopic properties of the dyes are affected by nearby electric fields, which is readily discernable from experiments on simple model systems with alkyl or π-conjugated bridges. Such spectral changes can have a significant effect on the FRET efficiency. Ideas for new directions are presented at the end with special focus on cold-ion spectroscopy.
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- Jeppe Langeland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Kyrychenko A, Ladokhin AS. Fluorescent Probes and Quenchers in Studies of Protein Folding and Protein-Lipid Interactions. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300232. [PMID: 37695081 PMCID: PMC11113672 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Fluorescence spectroscopy provides numerous methodological tools for structural and functional studies of biological macromolecules and their complexes. All fluorescence-based approaches require either existence of an intrinsic probe or an introduction of an extrinsic one. Moreover, studies of complex systems often require an additional introduction of a specific quencher molecule acting in combination with a fluorophore to provide structural or thermodynamic information. Here, we review the fundamentals and summarize the latest progress in applications of different classes of fluorescent probes and their specific quenchers, aimed at studies of protein folding and protein-membrane interactions. Specifically, we discuss various environment-sensitive dyes, FRET probes, probes for short-distance measurements, and several probe-quencher pairs for studies of membrane penetration of proteins and peptides. The goals of this review are: (a) to familiarize the readership with the general concept that complex biological systems often require both a probe and a quencher to decipher mechanistic details of functioning and (b) to provide example of the immediate applications of the described methods.
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- Alexander Kyrychenko
- Institute of Chemistry and School of Chemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, United States
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Talbot FO, Suarez CM, Nagy AM, Chen JC, Djavani-Tabrizi I, Clotea I, Jockusch RA. Robust Fluorescence Collection Module for Wide-Bore Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometers. Anal Chem 2023; 95:17193-17202. [PMID: 37963234 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Mass spectrometers are at the heart of the most powerful toolboxes available to scientists when studying molecular structure, conformation, and dynamics in controlled molecular environments. Improved molecular characterization brought about by the implementation of new orthogonal methods into mass spectrometry-enabled analyses opens deeper insight into the complex interplay of forces that underlie chemistry. Here, we detail how one can add fluorescence detection to commercial ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometers without adverse effects to its preexisting analytical tools. This advance enables measurements based on fluorescence detection, such as Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), to be used in conjunction with other MS/MS techniques to probe the conformation and dynamics of large biomolecules, such as proteins and their complexes, in the highly controlled environment of a Penning trap.
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- Francis O Talbot
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Kjaer C, Vu-Phung A, Toft Lindkvist T, Langeland J, Brøndsted Nielsen S. Cryogenic Ion Fluorescence Spectroscopy: FRET in Rhodamine Homodimers and Heterodimers. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302166. [PMID: 37565666 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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The internal electronic communication between two or more light-absorbers is fundamental for energy-transport processes, a field of large current interest. Here the intrinsic photophysics of homo- and heterodimers of rhodamine cations were studied where just two methylene units bridge the dyes. Gas-phase experiments were done on frozen molecular ions at cryogenic temperatures using the newly built LUNA2 mass spectroscopy setup in Aarhus. Both absorption (from fluorescence excitation) and dispersed-fluorescence spectra were measured. In the gas phase, there is no dielectric screening from solvent molecules, and the effect of charges on transition energies is maximum. Indeed, bands are redshifted compared to those of monomer dyes due to the electric field that each dye senses from the other in a dimer. Importantly, also, as two chemically identical dyes in a homodimer do not experience the same field along the long axis, each dye has separate absorption. At low temperatures, it is therefore possible to selectively excite one dye. Fluorescence is dominantly from the dye with the lowest transition energy no matter which dye is photoexcited. Hence this work unequivocally demonstrates Förster Resonance Energy Transfer even in homodimers where one dye acts as donor and the other as acceptor.
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- Christina Kjaer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Hua Y, Strauss M, Fisher S, Mauser MFX, Manchet P, Smacchia M, Geyer P, Shayeghi A, Pfeffer M, Eggenweiler TH, Daly S, Commandeur J, Mayor M, Arndt M, Šolomek T, Köhler V. Giving the Green Light to Photochemical Uncaging of Large Biomolecules in High Vacuum. JACS AU 2023; 3:2790-2799. [PMID: 37885583 PMCID: PMC10598566 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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The isolation of biomolecules in a high vacuum enables experiments on fragile species in the absence of a perturbing environment. Since many molecular properties are influenced by local electric fields, here we seek to gain control over the number of charges on a biopolymer by photochemical uncaging. We present the design, modeling, and synthesis of photoactive molecular tags, their labeling to peptides and proteins as well as their photochemical validation in solution and in the gas phase. The tailored tags can be selectively cleaved off at a well-defined time and without the need for any external charge-transferring agents. The energy of a single or two green photons can already trigger the process, and it is soft enough to ensure the integrity of the released biomolecular cargo. We exploit differences in the cleavage pathways in solution and in vacuum and observe a surprising robustness in upscaling the approach from a model system to genuine proteins. The interaction wavelength of 532 nm is compatible with various biomolecular entities, such as oligonucleotides or oligosaccharides.
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- Yong Hua
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- MS
Vision, Televisieweg
40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- MS
Vision, Televisieweg
40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute
for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, DE-76021 Karlsruhe Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Lehn Institute
of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510274, P. R. China
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Wu R, Metternich JB, Kamenik AS, Tiwari P, Harrison JA, Kessen D, Akay H, Benzenberg LR, Chan TWD, Riniker S, Zenobi R. Determining the gas-phase structures of α-helical peptides from shape, microsolvation, and intramolecular distance data. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2913. [PMID: 37217470 PMCID: PMC10203302 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38463-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Mass spectrometry is a powerful technique for the structural and functional characterization of biomolecules. However, it remains challenging to accurately gauge the gas-phase structure of biomolecular ions and assess to what extent native-like structures are maintained. Here we propose a synergistic approach which utilizes Förster resonance energy transfer and two types of ion mobility spectrometry (i.e., traveling wave and differential) to provide multiple constraints (i.e., shape and intramolecular distance) for structure-refinement of gas-phase ions. We add microsolvation calculations to assess the interaction sites and energies between the biomolecular ions and gaseous additives. This combined strategy is employed to distinguish conformers and understand the gas-phase structures of two isomeric α-helical peptides that might differ in helicity. Our work allows more stringent structural characterization of biologically relevant molecules (e.g., peptide drugs) and large biomolecular ions than using only a single structural methodology in the gas phase.
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- Ri Wu
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Münster, MEET Battery Research Center, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, D-CHAB, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Wu R, Benzenberg LR, Svingou D, Zenobi R. The Structure of Cyclic Neuropeptide Somatostatin and Octapeptide Octreotide in the Presence of Copper Ions: Insights from Transition Metal Ion FRET and Native Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10542-10547. [PMID: 37146120 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The conformation and function of somatostatin (SST), a cyclic neuropeptide, was recently found to be altered in the presence of Cu(II) ions, which leads to self-aggregation and loss of biological function as a neurotransmitter. However, the impact of Cu(II) ions on the structure and function of SST is not fully understood. In this work, transition metal ion Förster resonance energy transfer (tmFRET) and native ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) were utilized to study the structures of well-defined gas-phase ions of SST and of a smaller analogue, octreotide (OCT). The tmFRET results suggest two binding sites of Cu(II) ions in both native-like SST and OCT ions, either in close proximity to the disulfide bond or complexed by two aromatic residues, consistent with results obtained from collision-induced dissociation (CID). The former binding site was reported to initiate aggregation of SST, while the latter binding site could directly affect the essential motif for receptor binding and therefore impair the biological function of SST and OCT when bound to SST receptors. Our results demonstrate that tmFRET is capable of locating transition metal ion binding sites in neuropeptides. Furthermore, multiple distance constraints (tmFRET) and global shape (IM-MS) provide additional structural insights of SST and OCT ions upon metal binding, which is related to the self-aggregation mechanisms and overall biological functions.
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- Ri Wu
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Tureček F. UV-vis spectroscopy of gas-phase ions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023; 42:206-226. [PMID: 34392556 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Photodissociation action spectroscopy has made a great progress in expanding investigations of gas-phase ion structures. This review deals with aspects of gas-phase ion electronic excitations that result in wavelength-dependent dissociation and light emission via fluorescence, chiefly covering the ultraviolet and visible regions of the spectrum. The principles are briefly outlined and a few examples of instrumentation are presented. The main thrust of the review is to collect and selectively present applications of UV-vis action spectroscopy to studies of stable gas-phase ion structures and combinations of spectroscopy with ion mobility, collision-induced dissociation, and ion-ion reactions leading to the generation of reactive intermediates and electronic energy transfer.
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- František Tureček
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Wu R, Metternich JB, Tiwari P, Benzenberg LR, Harrison JA, Liu Q, Zenobi R. Structural Studies of a Stapled Peptide with Native Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry and Transition Metal Ion Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in the Gas Phase. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14441-14445. [PMID: 35943275 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Native mass spectrometry has emerged as an important tool for gas-phase structural biology. However, the conformations that a biomolecular ion adopts in the gas phase can differ from those found in solution. Herein, we report a synergistic, native ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) and transition metal ion Förster resonance energy transfer (tmFRET)-based approach to probe the gas-phase ion structures of a nonstapled peptide (nsp; Ac-CAARAAHAAAHARARA-NH2) and a stapled peptide (sp; Ac-CXARAXHAAAHARARA-NH2). The stapled peptide contains a single hydrocarbon chain connecting the peptide backbone in the i and i + 4 positions via a Grubbs ring-closure metathesis. Fluorescence lifetime measurements indicated that the Cu-bound complexes of carboxyrhodamine 6g (crh6g)-labeled stapled peptide (sp-crh6g) had a shorter donor-acceptor distance (rDA) than the labeled nonstapled peptide (nsp-crh6g). Experimental collision cross-section (CCS) values were then determined by native IM-MS, which could separate the conformations of Cu-bound complexes of nsp-crh6g and sp-crh6g. Finally, the experimental CCS (i.e., shape) and rDA (i.e., distance) values were used as constraints for computational studies, which unambiguously revealed how a staple reduces the elongation of the peptide ions in the gas phase. This study demonstrates the superiority of combining native IM-MS, tmFRET, and computational studies to investigate the structure of biomolecular ions.
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- Ri Wu
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Pereverzev A, Roithová J. Experimental techniques and terminology in gas-phase ion spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2022; 57:e4826. [PMID: 35434805 PMCID: PMC9285946 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This perspective gives an overview of the action spectroscopy methods for measurements of electronic, vibrational, and rotational spectra of mass-selected ions in the gas phase. We classify and give a short overview of the existing experimental approaches in this field. There is currently a plethora of names used for, essentially, the same techniques. Hence within this overview, we scrutinized the notations and suggested terms to be generally used. The selection was either driven by making the name unique and straightforward or the term being the most broadly used one. We believe that a simplification and a unification of the notation in ion spectroscopy can make this field better accessible for experts outside the mass spectrometry community where the applications of gas-phase action ion spectroscopy can make a large impact.
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- Institute for Molecules and MaterialsRadboud UniversityNijmegenThe Netherlands
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MacAleese L, Chan B, Bouakil M, Dugourd P, O'Hair RAJ. Photo-control of bimolecular reactions: reactivity of the long-lived Rhodamine 6G triplet excited state with ˙NO. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:25038-25047. [PMID: 34605499 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02626g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Photo-chemistry provides a non-intuitive but very powerful way to probe kinetically limited, sometimes thermodynamically non-favored reactions and, thus, access highly specific products. However, reactivity in the excited state is difficult to characterize directly, due to short lifetimes and challenges in controlling the reaction medium. Among photo-activatable reagents, rhodamine dyes find widespread uses due to a number of favorable properties including their high absorption coefficient. Their readily adaptable synthesis allows development of tailor-made dyes for specific applications. Remarkably, few studies have directly probed the chemical reactivity of their triplet excited state. Here we present a new conceptual approach to examine the specific chemistry of the triplet excited state. We have developed a pump (488 nm) - probe (600 nm) strategy to examine the gas-phase lifetime and reactivity of the triplet cation of Rhodamine 6G (3Rh6G+) in an ion trap mass spectrometer. The confounding effects of solvent, aggregation and formation of other reactive intermediates is thus avoided allowing fundamental reactivity to be explored. In the presence, in the ion trap, of helium seeded with 1% of nitric oxide (˙NO) (∼ 60 ion/˙NO collisions per second), the triplet lifetime is shortened from 1.9 s to 0.7 s. Simultaneously, the reaction products [Rh6G-H]˙+ and [Rh6G-H + NO]+ are observed. Reaction of 3Rh6G+ with ˙NO2 yields [Rh6G-H]˙+, [Rh6G-H + NO2]+ and [Rh6G-2H]+. None of these products are observed for the singlet, 1Rh6G+. DFT calculations suggest a stepwise mechanism only allowed from 3Rh6G+, in which H atom abstraction by ˙NOx (x = 1 or 2) yields [Rh6G-H]˙+ which, then, reacts with another ˙NOx molecule. This illustrates the power of light to initiate specific chemical reactions, and the relevance of gas-phase ion-molecule reaction approaches to understand stepwise reaction mechanism from specific excited states.
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- Luke MacAleese
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - Institut Lumière Matière (iLM), F-69622, LYON, France.
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nagasaki University - 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - Institut Lumière Matière (iLM), F-69622, LYON, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - Institut Lumière Matière (iLM), F-69622, LYON, France.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne - Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Largy E, König A, Ghosh A, Ghosh D, Benabou S, Rosu F, Gabelica V. Mass Spectrometry of Nucleic Acid Noncovalent Complexes. Chem Rev 2021; 122:7720-7839. [PMID: 34587741 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nucleic acids have been among the first targets for antitumor drugs and antibiotics. With the unveiling of new biological roles in regulation of gene expression, specific DNA and RNA structures have become very attractive targets, especially when the corresponding proteins are undruggable. Biophysical assays to assess target structure as well as ligand binding stoichiometry, affinity, specificity, and binding modes are part of the drug development process. Mass spectrometry offers unique advantages as a biophysical method owing to its ability to distinguish each stoichiometry present in a mixture. In addition, advanced mass spectrometry approaches (reactive probing, fragmentation techniques, ion mobility spectrometry, ion spectroscopy) provide more detailed information on the complexes. Here, we review the fundamentals of mass spectrometry and all its particularities when studying noncovalent nucleic acid structures, and then review what has been learned thanks to mass spectrometry on nucleic acid structures, self-assemblies (e.g., duplexes or G-quadruplexes), and their complexes with ligands.
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- Eric Largy
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, IECB, UMS 3033, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Pessac, France
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Tiwari P, Wu R, Metternich JB, Zenobi R. Transition Metal Ion FRET in the Gas Phase: A 10-40 Å Range Molecular Ruler for Mass-Selected Biomolecular Ions. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11291-11295. [PMID: 34291949 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Structural studies of mass-selected biomolecules in the gas phase can reveal their intrinsic properties and provide useful benchmarks for biomolecular modeling. Here, we report the first evidence of transition metal ion FRET (tmFRET) in the gas phase and its application to measure short (10-40 Å) biomolecular backbone distances. The measured FRET efficiencies in rhodamine dye (donor) labeled helical peptides complexed with Cu2+ ions (acceptor) decreased with increasing donor - acceptor distances, confirming the occurrence of tmFRET. The distances estimated for similar peptide sequences from the FRET efficiencies were consistently longer in the gas phase compared to those reported in solution, indicating an expanded structure and a possible loss of helicity.
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- Prince Tiwari
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Donon J, Habka S, Mons M, Brenner V, Gloaguen E. Conformational analysis by UV spectroscopy: the decisive contribution of environment-induced electronic Stark effects. Chem Sci 2021; 12:2803-2815. [PMID: 34164044 PMCID: PMC8179363 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06074g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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UV chromophores are frequently used as probes of the molecular structure. In particular, they are sensitive to the electric field generated by the molecular environment, resulting in the observation of Stark effects on UV spectra. While these environment-induced electronic Stark effects (EI-ESE) are already used for conformational analysis in the condensed phase, this work explores the potential of such an approach when performed at much higher conformational resolution in the gas phase. By investigating model alkali benzylacetate and 4-phenylbutyrate ion pairs, where the electric field applied to the phenyl ring is chemically tuned by changing the nature of the alkali cation, this work demonstrates that precise conformational assignments can be proposed based on the correlation between the conformation-dependent calculated electric fields and the frequency of the electronic transitions observed in the experimental UV spectra. Remarkably, the sole analysis of Stark effects and fragmentation patterns in mass-selected UV spectra provided an accurate and complete conformational analysis, where spectral differences as small as a few cm-1 between electronic transitions were rationalized. This case study illustrates that the identification of EI-ESE together with their interpretation at the modest cost of a ground state electric field calculation qualify UV spectroscopy as a powerful tool for conformational analysis.
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- Jeremy Donon
- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, CEA Saclay Bât 522 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, CEA Saclay Bât 522 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, CEA Saclay Bât 522 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, CEA Saclay Bât 522 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, CEA Saclay Bât 522 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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Kjær C, Zhao Y, Stockett MH, Chen L, Hansen K, Nielsen SB. Gas-phase Förster resonance energy transfer in mass-selected ions with methylene or peptide linkers between two dyes: a concerted dance of charges. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11095-11100. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01287d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Emission from gaseous rhodamine 640 is redshifted when the dye is tethered to rhodamine 575 due to internal Coulomb interaction.
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- Christina Kjær
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Aarhus University
- Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- P. R. China
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- Center for Joint Quantum Studies and Department of Physics
- Tianjin University
- 92 Weijin Road
- China
- Department of Physics
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Czar MF, Breitgoff FD, Sahoo D, Sajid M, Ramezanian N, Polyhach Y, Jeschke G, Godt A, Zenobi R. Linear and Kinked Oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s as Ideal Molecular Calibrants for Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:6942-6947. [PMID: 31633356 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We show that oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s (oligoPEs) are ideal spacers for calibrating dye pairs used for Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). Ensemble FRET measurements on linear and kinked diads with such spacers show the expected distance and orientation dependence of FRET. Measured FRET efficiencies match excellently with those predicted using a harmonic segmented chain model, which was validated by end-to-end distance distributions obtained from pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance measurements on spin-labeled oligoPEs with comparable label distances.
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- Martin F Czar
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2) , Bielefeld University , Universitätsstraße 25 , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2) , Bielefeld University , Universitätsstraße 25 , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2) , Bielefeld University , Universitätsstraße 25 , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2) , Bielefeld University , Universitätsstraße 25 , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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Talbert LE, Julian RR. Methionine and Selenomethionine as Energy Transfer Acceptors for Biomolecular Structure Elucidation in the Gas Phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1601-1608. [PMID: 31222676 PMCID: PMC6697561 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02262-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Mass spectrometry affords rapid and sensitive analysis of peptides and proteins. Coupling spectroscopy with mass spectrometry allows for the development of new methods to enhance biomolecular structure determination. Herein, we demonstrate two new energy acceptors that can be utilized for action-excitation energy transfer experiments. In the first system, C-S bonds in methionine act as energy acceptors from native chromophores, including tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine. Comparison among chromophores reveals that tyrosine transfers energy most efficiently at 266 nm, but phenylalanine and tryptophan also transfer energy with comparable efficiencies. Overall, the C-S bond dissociation yields following energy transfer are low for methionine, which led to an investigation of selenomethionine, a common analog that is found in many naturally occurring proteins. Sulfur and selenium are chemically similar, but C-Se bonds are weaker than C-S bonds and have lower lying σ* anti-bonding orbitals. Excitation of peptides containing tyrosine and tryptophan results in efficient energy transfer to selenomethionine and abundant C-Se bond dissociation. A series of helical peptides were examined where the positions of the donor or acceptor were systematically scanned to explore the influence of distance and helix orientation on energy transfer. The distance was found to be the primary factor affecting energy transfer efficiency, suggesting that selenomethionine may be a useful acceptor for probing protein structure in the gas phase.
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- Lance E Talbert
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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Soorkia S, Jouvet C, Grégoire G. UV Photoinduced Dynamics of Conformer-Resolved Aromatic Peptides. Chem Rev 2019; 120:3296-3327. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Satchin Soorkia
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, PIIM UMR 7345, 13397, Marseille, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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Girod M. Increasing specificity of tandem mass spectrometry by laser-induced dissociation. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33 Suppl 3:64-71. [PMID: 29689642 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mass spectrometry offers an arsenal of tools for diverse proteomic investigations. This perspective article reviews some of the recent developments in the field of coupling laser-induced dissociation with mass spectrometry (LID-MS). Strategies involving labelling with a chromophore to induce specific photo-absorption properties are considered, with a focus on specific amino acid derivatization. Some of the opportunities and challenges of LID-MS after targeted labelling for increasing specificity in complex sample analysis are discussed.
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- Marion Girod
- Univ Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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Choi CM, Kulesza A, Daly S, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P, Chirot F. Ion mobility resolved photo-fragmentation to discriminate protomers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33 Suppl 1:28-34. [PMID: 29885203 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RATIONALE Among the sources of structural diversity in biomolecular ions, the co-existence of protomers is particularly difficult to take into account, which in turn complicates structural interpretation of gas-phase data. METHODS We investigated the sensitivity of gas-phase photo-fragmentation measurements and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to the protonation state of a model peptide derivatized with chromophores. Accessible interconversion pathways between the different identified conformers were probed by tandem ion mobility measurement. Furthermore, the excitation coupling between the chromophores has been probed through photo-fragmentation measurements on mobility-selected ions. All results were interpreted based on molecular dynamics simulations. RESULTS We show that protonation can significantly affect the photo-fragmentation yields. Especially, conformers with very close collision cross sections (CCSs) may display dramatically different photo-fragmentation yields in relation with different protonation patterns. CONCLUSIONS We show that, even if precise structure assignment based on molecular modeling is in principle difficult for large biomolecular assemblies, the combination of photo-fragmentation and IMS can help to identify the signature of protomer co-existence for a population of biomolecular ions in the gas phase. Such spectroscopic data are particularly suitable to follow conformational changes.
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- Chang Min Choi
- Mass Spectrometry and Advanced Instrumentation Research Group, Div. of Scientific Instrumentation, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- CNRS, UMR5306 Institut Lumière Matière, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- CNRS, UMR5306 Institut Lumière Matière, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- CNRS, UMR5306 Institut Lumière Matière, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- CNRS, UMR5306 Institut Lumière Matière, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- CNRS, UMR5306 Institut Lumière Matière, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- CNRS, Ens de Lyon, UMR5280 Institut Sciences Analytiques, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
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Kjaer C, Lissau H, Gravesen Salinas NK, Østergaard Madsen A, Stockett MH, Storm FE, Holm Hansen T, Andersen JU, Laursen BW, Mikkelsen KV, Brøndsted Nielsen M, Brøndsted Nielsen S. Luminescence Spectroscopy of Rhodamine Homodimer Dications in Vacuo
Reveals Strong Dye-Dye Interactions. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:533-537. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Christina Kjaer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; Aarhus University; Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
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Teunissen AJP, Pérez-Medina C, Meijerink A, Mulder WJM. Investigating supramolecular systems using Förster resonance energy transfer. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:7027-7044. [PMID: 30091770 PMCID: PMC6441672 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00278a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Supramolecular systems have applications in areas as diverse as materials science, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, and nanomedicine. However, analyzing such systems can be challenging due to the wide range of time scales, binding strengths, distances, and concentrations at which non-covalent phenomena take place. Due to their versatility and sensitivity, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based techniques are excellently suited to meet such challenges. Here, we detail the ways in which FRET has been used to study non-covalent interactions in both synthetic and biological supramolecular systems. Among other topics, we examine methods to measure molecular forces, determine protein conformations, monitor assembly kinetics, and visualize in vivo drug release from nanoparticles. Furthermore, we highlight multiplex FRET techniques, discuss the field's limitations, and provide a perspective on new developments.
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- Abraham J. P. Teunissen
- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Kulesza A, Marklund EG, MacAleese L, Chirot F, Dugourd P. Bringing Molecular Dynamics and Ion-Mobility Spectrometry Closer Together: Shape Correlations, Structure-Based Predictors, and Dissociation. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:8317-8329. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b03825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alexander Kulesza
- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et
Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, France
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- Department of Chemistry − BMC, Uppsala University, Box 576, SE-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et
Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, France
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- Université
Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS,
Institut des Sciences Analytiques UMR 5280, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et
Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, France
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Scutelnic V, Prlj A, Zabuga A, Corminboeuf C, Rizzo TR. Infrared Spectroscopy as a Probe of Electronic Energy Transfer. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3217-3223. [PMID: 29847947 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have combined electronic and vibrational spectroscopy in a cryogenic ion trap to produce highly resolved, conformer-selective spectra for the ground and excited states of a peptide containing two chromophores. These spectra permit us to determine the precise three-dimensional structure of the peptide and give insight into the migration of the electronic excitation from phenylalanine to tyrosine because changes in the excited-state infrared spectra are sensitive to localization of the electronic energy in each chromophore. The well-controlled experimental conditions make this result a stringent test for theoretical methods dealing with electronic energy transfer.
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- Valeriu Scutelnic
- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 6 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 6 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 6 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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Daly S, MacAleese L, Dugourd P, Chirot F. Combining Structural Probes in the Gas Phase - Ion Mobility-Resolved Action-FRET. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:133-139. [PMID: 29038996 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1824-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the context of native mass spectrometry, the development of gas-phase structural probes sensitive to the different levels of structuration of biomolecular assemblies is necessary to push forward conformational studies. In this paper, we provide the first example of the combination of ion mobility (IM) and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements within the same experimental setup. The possibility to obtain mass- and mobility-resolved FRET measurements is demonstrated on a model peptide and applied to monitor the collision-induced unfolding of ubiquitin. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Steven Daly
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Bordeaux, INSERM U1212, CNRS UMR 5320, ARNA Laboratory, IECB, F-33600, Pessac, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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Chandler SA, Benesch JL. Mass spectrometry beyond the native state. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 42:130-137. [PMID: 29288996 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Native mass spectrometry allows the study of proteins by probing in vacuum the interactions they form in solution. It is a uniquely useful approach for structural biology and biophysics due to the high resolution of separation it affords, allowing the concomitant interrogation of multiple protein components with high mass accuracy. At its most basic, native mass spectrometry reports the mass of intact proteins and the assemblies they form in solution. However, the opportunities for more detailed characterisation are extensive, enabled by the exquisite control of ion motion that is possible in vacuum. Here we describe recent developments in mass spectrometry approaches to the structural interrogation of proteins both in, and beyond, their native state.
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- Shane A Chandler
- Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK.
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Bouakil M, Kulesza A, Daly S, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Visible Multiphoton Dissociation of Chromophore-Tagged Peptides. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:2181-2188. [PMID: 28755260 PMCID: PMC5594054 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1733-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The visible photodissociation mechanisms of QSY7-tagged peptides of increasing size have been investigated by coupling a mass spectrometer and an optical parametric oscillator laser beam. The experiments herein consist of energy resolved collision- and laser-induced dissociation measurements on the chromophore-tagged peptides. The results show that fragmentation occurs by similar channels in both activation methods, but that the branching ratios are vastly different. Observation of a size-dependent minimum laser pulse energy required to induce fragmentation, and collisional cooling rates in time resolved experiments show that laser-induced dissociation occurs through the absorption of multiple photons by the chromophore and the subsequent heating through vibrational energy redistribution. The differences in branching ratio between collision- and laser-induced dissociation can then be understood by the highly anisotropic energy distribution following absorption of a photon. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Mathilde Bouakil
- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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Bonner J, Lyon YA, Nellessen C, Julian RR. Photoelectron Transfer Dissociation Reveals Surprising Favorability of Zwitterionic States in Large Gaseous Peptides and Proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:10286-10293. [PMID: 28678494 PMCID: PMC5543396 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Structural
characterization of proteins in the gas phase is becoming
increasingly popular, highlighting the need for a greater understanding
of how proteins behave in the absence of solvent. It is clear that
charged residues exert significant influence over structures in the
gas phase due to strong Coulombic and hydrogen-bonding interactions.
The net charge for a gaseous ion is easily identified by mass spectrometry,
but the presence of zwitterionic pairs or salt bridges has previously
been more difficult to detect. We show that these sites can be revealed
by photoinduced electron transfer dissociation, which produces characteristic
c and z ions only if zwitterionic species are present. Although previous
work on small molecules has shown that zwitterionic pairs are rarely
stable in the gas phase, we now demonstrate that charge-separated
states are favored in larger molecules. Indeed, we have detected zwitterionic
pairs in peptides and proteins where the net charge equals the number
of basic sites, requiring additional protonation at nonbasic residues.
For example, the small protein ubiquitin can sustain a zwitterionic
conformer for all charge states up to 14+, despite having only 13
basic sites. Virtually all of the peptides/proteins examined herein
contain zwitterionic sites if both acidic and basic residues are present
and the overall charge density is low. This bias in favor of charge-separated
states has important consequences for efforts to model gaseous proteins
via computational analysis, which should consider not only charge
state isomers that include salt bridges but also protonation at nonbasic
residues.
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- James Bonner
- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Daly S, Choi CM, Chirot F, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Action-Self Quenching: Dimer-Induced Fluorescence Quenching of Chromophores as a Probe for Biomolecular Structure. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4604-4610. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Steven Daly
- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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Stockett MH, Kjær C, Linder MK, Detty MR, Nielsen SB. Luminescence spectroscopy of chalcogen substituted rhodamine cations in vacuo. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2017; 16:779-784. [DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00049a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A library of fluorescent rhodamine cations has been characterized with view to their potential use in gas-phase structural biology experiments.
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- Mark H. Stockett
- Aarhus University Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Aarhus
- Denmark
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- Aarhus University Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Aarhus
- Denmark
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- State University of New York University at Buffalo Department of Chemistry
- Buffalo
- USA
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- State University of New York University at Buffalo Department of Chemistry
- Buffalo
- USA
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Kulesza A, Daly S, Dugourd P. Dimerization and conformation-related free energy landscapes of dye-tagged amyloid-β12–28linked to FRET experiments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:9470-9477. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00611j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The free energy landscapes of Aβ-peptide dimer models under different prototype conditions support the hypothesis that the gas-phase action-FRET measurement after electrospray ionization operates under non-equilibrium conditions, with a memory of the solution conditions – even for the dimer of this relatively short peptide.
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- Alexander Kulesza
- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Lyon
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Lyon
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Lyon
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Daly S, Knight G, Halim MA, Kulesza A, Choi CM, Chirot F, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Action-FRET of a Gaseous Protein. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:38-49. [PMID: 27506208 PMCID: PMC5174150 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1449-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is an extremely powerful technique for analysis of biological molecules, in particular proteins. One aspect that has been contentious is how much native solution-phase structure is preserved upon transposition to the gas phase by soft ionization methods such as electrospray ionization. To address this question-and thus further develop mass spectrometry as a tool for structural biology-structure-sensitive techniques must be developed to probe the gas-phase conformations of proteins. Here, we report Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements on a ubiquitin mutant using specific photofragmentation as a reporter of the FRET efficiency. The FRET data is interpreted in the context of circular dichroism, molecular dynamics simulation, and ion mobility data. Both the dependence of the FRET efficiency on the charge state-where a systematic decrease is observed-and on methanol concentration are considered. In the latter case, a decrease in FRET efficiency with methanol concentration is taken as evidence that the conformational ensemble of gaseous protein cations retains a memory of the solution phase conformational ensemble upon electrospray ionization. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Steven Daly
- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Lyon 1 - CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France.
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Duez Q, Knight G, Daly S, De Winter J, Halin E, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Gerbaux P, Dugourd P. Action-FRET of β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj03250h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Action-FRET is introduced as an original method to probe the structure of gaseous non-covalent complexes.
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- Quentin Duez
- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa)
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP)
- University of Mons - UMONS
- 7000 Mons
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Villeurbanne
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Villeurbanne
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa)
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP)
- University of Mons - UMONS
- 7000 Mons
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa)
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP)
- University of Mons - UMONS
- 7000 Mons
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Villeurbanne
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Villeurbanne
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa)
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP)
- University of Mons - UMONS
- 7000 Mons
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- Univ Lyon
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- CNRS
- Institut Lumière Matière
- Villeurbanne
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Kjær C, Brøndsted Nielsen S, Stockett MH. Sibling rivalry: intrinsic luminescence from two xanthene dye monoanions, resorufin and fluorescein, provides evidence for excited-state proton transfer in the latter. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:24440-24444. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04689h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Excited-state proton transfer in gas-phase fluorescein monoanions results in a broad, featureless emission band and a large Stokes shift compared to resorufin, which shares the same xanthene core structure.
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- Christina Kjær
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Aarhus University
- Denmark
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Bonner JG, Hendricks NG, Julian RR. Structural Effects of Solvation by 18-Crown-6 on Gaseous Peptides and TrpCage after Electrospray Ionization. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1661-1669. [PMID: 27506205 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1456-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Significant effort is being employed to utilize the inherent speed and sensitivity of mass spectrometry for rapid structural determination of proteins; however, a thorough understanding of factors influencing the transition from solution to gas phase is critical for correct interpretation of the results from such experiments. It was previously shown that combined use of action excitation energy transfer (EET) and simulated annealing can reveal detailed structural information about gaseous peptide ions. Herein, we utilize this method to study microsolvation of charged groups by retention of 18-crown-6 (18C6) in the gas phase. In the case of GTP (CEGNVRVSRE LAGHTGY), solvation of the 2+ charge state leads to reduced EET, whereas the opposite result is obtained for the 3+ ion. For the mini-protein C-Trpcage, solvation by 18C6 leads to dramatic increase in EET for the 3+ ion. Examination of structural details probed by molecular dynamics calculations illustrate that solvation by 18C6 alleviates the tendency of charged side chains to seek intramolecular solvation, potentially preserving native-like structures in the gas phase. These results suggest that microsolvation may be an important tool for facilitating examination of native-like protein structures in gas phase experiments. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- James G Bonner
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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Kulesza AJ, Titov E, Daly S, Włodarczyk R, Megow J, Saalfrank P, Choi CM, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Excited States of Xanthene Analogues: Photofragmentation and Calculations by CC2 and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:3129-3138. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alexander Jan Kulesza
- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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- Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie; Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 25 D-14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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- Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie; Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 25 D-14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie; Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 25 D-14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie; Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 25 D-14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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- Univ Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière; F-69622 Lyon France
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Daly S, Kulesza A, Knight G, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. The Gas-Phase Photophysics of Eosin Y and its Maleimide Conjugate. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:3484-90. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b01075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Steven Daly
- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut
Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1 − CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Kulesza A, Daly S, Choi CM, Simon AL, Chirot F, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. The structure of chromophore-grafted amyloid-β12–28 dimers in the gas-phase: FRET-experiment guided modelling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:9061-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00263c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Theoretical modelling, ion mobility spectrometry and action-FRET experiments are combined to an experiment guided approach and used to elucidate the structure of chromophore-grafted amyloid-β12–28 dimers in the gas-phase.
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut des Sciences Analytiques
- UMR5280
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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- Université de Lyon
- F-69622 Lyon
- France
- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR5306
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Hendricks NG, Julian RR. Leveraging ultraviolet photodissociation and spectroscopy to investigate peptide and protein three-dimensional structure with mass spectrometry. Analyst 2016; 141:4534-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c6an01020b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent advances in mass spectrometry and lasers have facilitated the development of novel experiments combining the benefits of both technologies.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Riverside
- USA
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Kopysov V, Boyarkin OV. Resonance Energy Transfer Relates the Gas-Phase Structure and Pharmacological Activity of Opioid Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Resonance Energy Transfer Relates the Gas-Phase Structure and Pharmacological Activity of Opioid Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:689-92. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Czar MF, Jockusch RA. Sensitive probes of protein structure and dynamics in well-controlled environments: combining mass spectrometry with fluorescence spectroscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2015; 34:123-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Simon AL, Chirot F, Choi CM, Clavier C, Barbaire M, Maurelli J, Dagany X, MacAleese L, Dugourd P. Tandem ion mobility spectrometry coupled to laser excitation. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2015; 86:094101. [PMID: 26429458 DOI: 10.1063/1.4930604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This manuscript describes a new experimental setup that allows to perform tandem ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) measurements and which is coupled to a high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer. It consists of two 79 cm long drift tubes connected by a dual ion funnel assembly. The setup was built to permit laser irradiation of the ions in the transfer region between the two drift tubes. This geometry allows selecting ions according to their ion mobility in the first drift tube, to irradiate selected ions, and examine the ion mobility of the product ions in the second drift tube. Activation by collision is possible in the same region (between the two tubes) and between the second tube and the time-of-flight. IMS-IMS experiments on Ubiquitin are reported. We selected a given isomer of charge state +7 and explored its structural rearrangement following collisional activation between the two drift tubes. An example of IMS-laser-IMS experiment is reported on eosin Y, where laser irradiation was used to produce radical ions by electron photodetachment starting from doubly deprotonated species. This allowed measuring the collision cross section of the radical photo-product, which cannot be directly produced with an electrospray source.
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- Anne-Laure Simon
- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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Daly S, Kulesza A, Poussigue F, Simon AL, Choi CM, Knight G, Chirot F, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Conformational changes in amyloid-beta (12-28) alloforms studied using action-FRET, IMS and molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5040-5047. [PMID: 30155007 PMCID: PMC6088554 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01463h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Small oligomers of the amyloid beta protein (Aβ) have been implicated as the neurotoxic agent leading to Alzheimer's disease, and in particular mutations in the hydrophobic core region comprising amino acids L17 to A21 have a large influence on the propensity for aggregate formation. It has been shown that the F19P alloform of Aβ forms small aggregates, but does not proceed to form large fibrils and plaques. In order to understand the origin of this behavior, the gas phase conformations for the different charge states of the wild-type 12-28 fragment of the amyloid beta and its F19P alloform were studied by a combination of action-FRET, ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS) and molecular dynamics simulations. Comparison of the experimental and theoretical action-FRET efficiencies and collision cross sections allowed the determination of the lowest energy conformational family for each alloform and charge state. For both alloforms, it was found that there is a change from globular to helical structure between the 3+ and 4+ charge states. Additional protonation to give 5+ and 6+ charge states caused unfolding of this helical motif, with the wild alloform showing β-turn like motifs and the F19P alloform random coil motifs. The presence of the helical to β-turn structural transition in the wild, but not the F19P, alloform may help to elucidate the origin of the large difference in aggregation behavior of the two alloforms.
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- Steven Daly
- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR 5280 , Institut des Sciences Analytiques , France
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR 5280 , Institut des Sciences Analytiques , France
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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- Université de Lyon , F-69622 , Lyon , France
- CNRS et Université Lyon 1 , UMR5306 , Institut Lumière Matière , France .
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Czar MF, Zosel F, König I, Nettels D, Wunderlich B, Schuler B, Zarrine-Afsar A, Jockusch RA. Gas-Phase FRET Efficiency Measurements To Probe the Conformation of Mass-Selected Proteins. Anal Chem 2015; 87:7559-65. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Martin F. Czar
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Biochemisches
Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Biochemisches
Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Biochemisches
Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Biochemisches
Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Biochemisches
Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Kulesza A, Daly S, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Structural exploration and Förster theory modeling for the interpretation of gas-phase FRET measurements: Chromophore-grafted amyloid-β peptides. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:025101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4926390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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- Alexander Kulesza
- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Renato Zenobi
- Department
of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Wellman SMJ, Jockusch RA. Moving in on the Action: An Experimental Comparison of Fluorescence Excitation and Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:6333-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sydney M. J. Wellman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Daly S, Kulesza A, Knight G, MacAleese L, Antoine R, Dugourd P. Visible and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Rhodamine 575 Cations. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:5634-41. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b03187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Steven Daly
- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France
- CNRS et Université
Lyon 1, UMR5306, Institut Lumière Matière, 69622, Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
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Chorev DS, Ben-Nissan G, Sharon M. Exposing the subunit diversity and modularity of protein complexes by structural mass spectrometry approaches. Proteomics 2015; 15:2777-91. [PMID: 25727951 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Although the number of protein-encoding genes in the human genome is only about 20 000 not far from the amount found in the nematode worm genome, the number of proteins that are translated from these sequences is larger by several orders of magnitude. A number of mechanisms have evolved to enable this diversity. For example, genes can be alternatively spliced to create multiple transcripts; they may also be translated from different alternative initiation sites. After translation, hundreds of chemical modifications can be introduced in proteins, altering their chemical properties, folding, stability, and activity. The complexity is then further enhanced by the various combinations that are generated from the assembly of different subunit variants into protein complexes. This, in turn, confers structural and functional flexibility, and endows the cell with the ability to adapt to various environmental conditions. Therefore, exposing the variability of protein complexes is an important step toward understanding their biological functions. Revealing this enormous diversity, however, is not a simple task. In this review, we will focus on the array of MS-based strategies that are capable of performing this mission. We will also discuss the challenges that lie ahead, and the future directions toward which the field might be heading.
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- Dror S Chorev
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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