The Fe21 Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Probed by Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Improving Structure Resolution in Dry Matrices (Articolo in rivista)

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  • The Fe21 Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Probed by Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Improving Structure Resolution in Dry Matrices (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • G. Veronesi; L. Giachini; F. Francia; A. Mallardi; G. Palazzo; F. Boscherini; and G. Venturoli (2008)
    The Fe21 Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Probed by Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Improving Structure Resolution in Dry Matrices
    in Biophysical journal (Print); Biophysical society, Bethesda, Md. (Stati Uniti d'America)
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  • G. Veronesi; L. Giachini; F. Francia; A. Mallardi; G. Palazzo; F. Boscherini; and G. Venturoli (literal)
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  • 95 (literal)
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  • Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita` di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Bologna, Italy; Laboratorio di Biochimica e Biofisica, Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita` di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, CNR, Bari, Italy; Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita` di Bari, Bari, Italy (literal)
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  • The Fe21 Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Probed by Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Improving Structure Resolution in Dry Matrices (literal)
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  • Wereport on the x-ray absorption fine structure of the Fe21 site in photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Crystallographic studies show that Fe21 is ligated with four Ne atoms from four histidine (His) residues and two Oe atoms from a Glu residue. By considering multiple scattering contributions to the x-ray absorption fine structure function, we improved the structural resolution of the site: His residues were split into two groups, characterized by different Fe-Ne distances, and two distinct Fe-Oe bond lengths resolved. The effect of the environment was studied by embedding the reaction centers into a polyvinyl alcohol film and into a dehydrated trehalose matrix. Incorporation into trehalose caused elongation in one of the two Fe-Ne distances, and in one Fe-Oe bond length, compared with the polyvinyl alcohol film. The asymmetry detected in the cluster of His residues and its response to incorporation into trehalose are ascribed to the hydrogen bonds between two His residues and the quinone acceptors. The structural distortions observed in the trehalose matrix indicate a strong interaction between the reactioncenters surface and the water-trehalose matrix, which propagates deeply into the interior of the protein. The absence of matrix effects on the Debye-Waller factors is brought back to the static heterogeneity and rigidity of the ligand cluster. (literal)
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