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A combined far-infrared spectroscopic and electrochemical approach for the study of iron-sulfur proteins
Authors:El Khoury Youssef  Hellwig Petra
Affiliation:Institut de Chimie, UMR, Laboratoire de spectroscopie vibrationnelle et électrochimie des biomolécules Université de Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:Herein, we present the development of a far-infrared spectroscopic approach for studying metalloenzyme active sites in a redox-dependent manner. An electrochemical cell with 5 mm path and based on silicon windows was found to be appropriate for the measurement of aqueous solutions down to 200 cm(-1) . The cell was probed with the infrared redox signature of the metal-ligand vibrations of different iron-sulfur proteins. Each Fe-S cluster type was found to show a specific spectral signature. As a common feature, a downshift of the frequency of the Fe-S vibrations was seen upon reduction, in line with the increase of the Fe-S bond. This downshift was found to be fully reversible. Electrochemically induced FTIR difference spectroscopy in the far infrared is now possible, opening new perspectives on the understanding of metalloproteins in function of the redox state.
Keywords:electrochemistry  IR spectroscopy  metal–ligand vibrations  proteins  spectroelectrochemistry
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