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What is the primary goal of this chapter?
What is the primary goal of this chapter?
What is a characteristic of metal ions that makes them suitable for study by physical techniques?
What is a characteristic of metal ions that makes them suitable for study by physical techniques?
Why is it important to understand the electronic states and magnetic properties of a transition-metal center in biology?
Why is it important to understand the electronic states and magnetic properties of a transition-metal center in biology?
What is a consequence of bioinorganic chemistry on physical methods?
What is a consequence of bioinorganic chemistry on physical methods?
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Which physical techniques are mentioned as being rarely employed by the bioorganic chemist?
Which physical techniques are mentioned as being rarely employed by the bioorganic chemist?
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What do the properties of a metal center affect?
What do the properties of a metal center affect?
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What is the basis for most spectroscopic techniques?
What is the basis for most spectroscopic techniques?
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What do all forms of spectroscopy have in common?
What do all forms of spectroscopy have in common?
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What does the frequency of light used in spectroscopy determine?
What does the frequency of light used in spectroscopy determine?
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What is analogous to the rate of a chemical reaction in the analogy of making a motion picture?
What is analogous to the rate of a chemical reaction in the analogy of making a motion picture?
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What type of spectroscopy can resolve chemical changes occurring on the femtosecond time scale?
What type of spectroscopy can resolve chemical changes occurring on the femtosecond time scale?
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What is the typical time scale of 'H NMR spectroscopy?
What is the typical time scale of 'H NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of X-ray sources in determining molecular structure?
What is the advantage of X-ray sources in determining molecular structure?
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What is required for X-ray diffraction?
What is required for X-ray diffraction?
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What is the precision of macromolecular structures determined by X-ray crystallography?
What is the precision of macromolecular structures determined by X-ray crystallography?
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What is a major limitation of protein crystals in diffracting X-rays?
What is a major limitation of protein crystals in diffracting X-rays?
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What is Bragg's law used to define?
What is Bragg's law used to define?
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What is the typical resolution of X-ray diffraction for protein crystals?
What is the typical resolution of X-ray diffraction for protein crystals?
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Why is it necessary to know the amino acid sequence when determining the structure of metalloproteins?
Why is it necessary to know the amino acid sequence when determining the structure of metalloproteins?
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What is the purpose of heavy atom derivatives in X-ray crystallography?
What is the purpose of heavy atom derivatives in X-ray crystallography?
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What is the name of the technique used to prepare heavy atom derivatives?
What is the name of the technique used to prepare heavy atom derivatives?
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What is the name of the complex shown in Figure 4.1 used for preparing heavy atom derivatives?
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What is the significance of the structure of the nucleosome core particle?
What is the significance of the structure of the nucleosome core particle?
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Why is X-ray diffraction used to study polycrystalline fibers of DNA?
Why is X-ray diffraction used to study polycrystalline fibers of DNA?
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What is the advantage of using area detectors and synchrotron radiation in X-ray diffraction?
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What is the main purpose of using electron-dense metal reagents in the study of DNA?
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What is the spacing between intercalated molecules at saturation, as depicted in Figure 4.3?
What is the spacing between intercalated molecules at saturation, as depicted in Figure 4.3?
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What type of molecules are represented by the structures shown in Figure 4.3?
What type of molecules are represented by the structures shown in Figure 4.3?
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What is the name of the protein data bank where atomic coordinates from X-ray diffraction work are deposited?
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What is the primary application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in bioinorganic chemistry?
What is the primary application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What type of radiation is used in X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)?
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What is the term for the phenomenon where an intercalated molecule occupies every other interbase pair site at saturation?
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What is the name of the organic intercalator shown in Figure 4.3?
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What is the purpose of X-ray diffraction studies on polycrystalline DNA fibers?
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What is the name of the metallointercalator shown in Figure 4.3?
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What is the primary advantage of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy?
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What is the typical temperature range used to minimize atomic thermal motion in EXAFS experiments?
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What is the purpose of performing control experiments in EXAFS studies?
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What is the name of the technique that involves the absorption of light by particles with a magnetic moment in a magnetic field?
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What is the typical frequency range used in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy?
What is the typical frequency range used in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy?
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What is the significance of the EXAFS study on rubredoxin?
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What is the limitation of EXAFS spectroscopy in studying metallobiopolymers?
What is the limitation of EXAFS spectroscopy in studying metallobiopolymers?
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What is the purpose of comparing EXAFS data with well-defined model compounds?
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What is the name of the technique that involves the absorption of light by nuclei with a magnetic moment in a magnetic field?
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What is the advantage of using EXAFS spectroscopy in metalloprotein structural studies?
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What is a common characteristic of the metal ions studied by EPR spectroscopy?
What is a common characteristic of the metal ions studied by EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using EPR spectroscopy to study iron-containing proteins?
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What is the purpose of freezing solutions in EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the value of the free-electron g-value?
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What is the shape of the geometry of copper(II) centers?
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What is the significance of the Aiso value in EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the typical application of EPR spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the characteristic of the EPR signal of type-1 copper?
What is the characteristic of the EPR signal of type-1 copper?
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What is the significance of the g-tensor in EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using EPR spectroscopy to study biological samples?
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What is the coordination environment of the copper in plastocyanin?
What is the coordination environment of the copper in plastocyanin?
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What type of EPR signal is characteristic of most cupric complexes?
What type of EPR signal is characteristic of most cupric complexes?
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What is the reason for the EPR silence of the third type of copper?
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What is the oxidation state of the iron in low- and high-spin forms?
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What is the purpose of ENDOR spectroscopy?
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What type of EPR signal is characteristic of Mn(I1) in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of the X-ray crystallographic determination of ascorbate oxidase?
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What is the spatial arrangement of the four copper ions in ascorbate oxidase?
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What is the purpose of EPR spectroscopy in studying iron in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What type of radical intermediate can be observed by EPR spectroscopy?
What type of radical intermediate can be observed by EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the purpose of ESEEM spectroscopy in the study of metal-ligand interactions?
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What is the significance of superhyperfine interactions in EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using Fourier-transform spectrometers in NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the significance of paramagnetic metal ions in NMR spectroscopy?
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Which nucleus has I = 1/2 and is useful for NMR studies?
Which nucleus has I = 1/2 and is useful for NMR studies?
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What is the purpose of NMR spectroscopic studies of metal nuclei?
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What is an advantage of NMR methods in kinetic studies?
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What is the advantage of using metal nuclei with I = 1/2 in NMR spectroscopy?
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What type of nuclei are most naturally occurring metal isotopes?
What type of nuclei are most naturally occurring metal isotopes?
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What is the significance of EPR spectroscopy in the study of metal-ligand interactions?
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What is a characteristic of the nuclei 'Cd, 'I3Cd, 203Tl, 'O'Tl, Ig5Pt, and '07Pb?
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What is the purpose of detecting I4N and 15N nuclear superhyperfine interactions in EPR spectroscopy?
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What is the significance of the 2 x 10^3 sec^(-1) rate in NMR-based kinetic methods?
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What is the significance of deuteration in ESEEM spectroscopy?
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What is the focus of NMR spectroscopic studies of metalloproteins?
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What is the significance of the 1 ppm difference in resonance positions?
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In proteins like laccase and ascorbate oxidase, which type of copper is present?
In proteins like laccase and ascorbate oxidase, which type of copper is present?
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What can be distinguished by EPR spectroscopy in ferric ions?
What can be distinguished by EPR spectroscopy in ferric ions?
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What is the spatial arrangement of the four copper ions in ascorbate oxidase?
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Why is the third type of copper EPR silent?
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What type of spectroscopy has been extensively used to study heme iron and iron-sulfur clusters?
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What is the significance of the X-ray crystallographic determination of ascorbate oxidase?
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What is the primary application of electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopy (ENDOR) in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What can be estimated from the magnitude of superhyperfine coupling constants?
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What is the term for the technique that facilitates identification of ligand hyperfine interactions?
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What is the application of NMR spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of deuteration in ESEEM spectroscopy?
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What is the primary advantage of two- or higher dimensional NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the application of EPR spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of ESEEM spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the application of ENDOR spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the advantage of NMR spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of paramagnetic metal ions in NMR spectroscopy?
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Why are metal nuclei with I = 1/2 more useful in NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using NMR-based kinetic methods?
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What is the purpose of substituting diamagnetic metals with paramagnetic metals in metalloproteins?
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What is the significance of the isomer shift in Mossbauer spectroscopy?
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Why are NMR signals from metal nuclei often not observable at achievable protein concentrations?
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What is the purpose of studying metal nuclei with NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the significance of line broadening in NMR spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using Mossbauer spectroscopy to study 57Fe?
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What is the purpose of using NMR spectroscopy to study metalloproteins?
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What is the primary purpose of 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the effect of protonation of the p-oxo bond on the quadrupole splitting (AEQ) in iron-oxo proteins?
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What is the typical frequency range used in Mossbauer spectroscopy?
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What is the purpose of enriching metalloproteins with 57Fe in Mossbauer spectroscopy?
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What is the primary advantage of Mossbauer spectroscopy in the study of iron-containing metalloproteins?
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What is the term for the shift in the Mossbauer spectrum due to the electric field surrounding the metal center?
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What is the primary goal of assigning metal oxidation states in metalloenzymes?
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What is the advantage of using temperature-dependent spectral measurements in Mossbauer spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using resonance Raman spectroscopy in metalloproteins?
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What is the primary limitation of using 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the purpose of depleting a protein of one or more metal centers in spectroscopic studies?
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What is the purpose of studying the quadrupole splitting (AEQ) in iron-oxo proteins?
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What is the primary application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of near absorption edge XAS in bioinorganic chemistry?
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Why is it challenging to assign spectroscopic bands to specific metal centers in polymetallic proteins?
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What is the role of tunable lasers in resonance Raman spectroscopy?
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What is the advantage of using XAS over other spectroscopic methods in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the primary goal of using vibrational spectroscopy in metalloproteins?
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What is the significance of studying the coordination environment of metal centers in metalloenzymes?
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What is the purpose of measuring the magnetic susceptibility of metalloproteins?
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What is the advantage of using SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) susceptometers in measuring magnetic properties of metalloproteins?
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What is the phenomenon referred to as antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the significance of the magnetic exchange coupling parameter J in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the purpose of measuring the redox potential of metalloproteins?
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What is the classic approach to measuring the redox potential of metalloprotein cores?
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What is the significance of temperature-dependent studies in measuring the magnetic moment of metalloproteins?
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What is the advantage of using SQUID susceptometers in studying the magnetic properties of dimetallic centers?
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What is the significance of the spin Hamiltonian in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the purpose of studying the magnetic properties of metalloproteins?
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What is the advantage of using difference spectroscopy in vibrational spectroscopy?
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What is the purpose of using isotopically substituted ligand derivatives in vibrational spectroscopy?
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What is the significance of the selection rules in circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy?
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What is the application of MCD spectroscopy in the study of metalloproteins?
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What is the purpose of using a mediator in facilitating electron transfer to the metal center?
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Study Notes
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy
• EPR spectroscopy is a method suited for studying metalloproteins containing Cu(II), Co(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Mn(III), and metal clusters like Fe20 and Fe4S4. • It is a sensitive method, capable of detecting high-spin ferric ions at concentrations as low as pM range. • EPR spectroscopy was used in the isolation and purification of iron-containing proteins, such as ferredoxins. • The method helps establish electronic structures and their dependence on metal coordination-sphere composition and geometry.
Copper Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Copper(II) is especially amenable to EPR investigation due to its single unpaired electron. • The 63Cu and 65Cu nuclei give rise to a characteristic four-line pattern due to electron-nuclear-spin hyperfine interactions, denoted by the parameter A. • The electronic spin-relaxation time is sufficiently long at room temperature, allowing spectra to be observed in fluid solution. • EPR spectra of frozen solutions can be investigated to stop molecular tumbling, which averages out the anisotropy of the g-tensor.
Physical Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry
• The purpose of the chapter is to provide a critical survey of physical methods currently available to the bioinorganic chemist. • The chapter discusses how various physical methods have affected the development of bioinorganic chemistry and how bioinorganic chemistry has occasionally led to improved methodologies.
Time Scales
• To understand the nature of a transition-metal center in biology, it is often useful to obtain knowledge about its electronic states and magnetic properties. • The time scale of a spectroscopic technique is important, as it determines the rate of a chemical reaction that can be probed. • Table 4.1 summarizes the time scales for commonly used spectroscopic analysis techniques.
X-ray Methods
• X-rays have wavelengths similar to interatomic distances, making them useful for determining molecular structure. • Two fundamentally different sorts of X-ray methods are currently widely used: diffraction and absorption. • X-ray diffraction is useful for determining the structures of small molecules and macromolecules, including metal coordination geometries. • X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is useful for determining the oxidation state of the metal ion of interest and getting electronic structural information.
X-ray Crystallography
• X-ray crystallography offers the most powerful structural probe of macromolecular structure, including metal coordination geometries. • Resolution is limited in the best cases to slightly less than 2 Å, compared to less than 1 Å for most coordination complexes. • Protein crystals do not diffract X-rays as well as small molecule crystals do, largely due to their high water content, often - 50 percent, which is usually highly disordered.
Heavy-Atom Derivatives
• Derivatives with electron-dense atoms or groups must be prepared, usually by soaking crystals in solutions of heavy-metal complexes. • Examples of such reagents include tetrakis(acetoxymercuri)methane (TAMM) and di-iodobis(ethylenediamineplatinum(II)) (PIP). • These reagents are used in solving the structure of the nucleosome core particle, a complex of eight polypeptide chains and 146 base pairs of DNA.### Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS)
- Modulation of X-ray absorption-energy spectrum by back-scattering from neighboring atoms produces EXAFS.
- EXAFS provides details about metal-coordination geometries.
- Noncrystalline solid and solution samples can be studied using EXAFS.
- Geometric information derived from fitting EXAFS data to a model structure can be reliable to 0.01 A.
Applications of EXAFS
- One of the early triumphs of EXAFS spectroscopy was the study of the iron-sulfur protein rubredoxin.
- EXAFS results for metallobiopolymers tend to be most accurate for symmetric sites with heavy elements (Z > 14) in the first coordination sphere.
- Lower temperatures (to 4.2 K) may be required to minimize atomic thermal motion, which can alter protein-active-site structures.
Magnetic Resonance Methods
- Magnetic resonance occurs when a particle with a magnetic moment is placed in a magnetic field and transitions between states with different energies.
- Depending on the particles, the method is called electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy
- EPR spectroscopy is used to study metal ions in bioinorganic chemistry.
- EPR signals can be observed in metal ions, such as Cu(II), Mn(II), Fe(III), and Co(II), and in organic residues and substrates.
- EPR spectroscopy can distinguish between different redox states and spin forms of metal ions.
- Table 4.3 lists the EPR signatures for biologically interesting transition-metal centers.
Copper Centers in Bioinorganic Chemistry
- There are three types of copper EPR signals in bioinorganic chemistry.
- The second type of copper EPR signal has g-values characteristic of most cupric complexes.
- The third type of copper is EPR silent due to antiferromagnetic exchange coupling and/or rapid electron-spin relaxation.
Iron Centers in Bioinorganic Chemistry
- EPR spectroscopy can distinguish between Fe(I) and Fe(II) redox states and low- and high-spin forms of iron.
- EPR spectra have been used to study heme iron and iron-sulfur clusters.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
- NMR spectroscopic methods have been highly useful in bioinorganic chemistry.
- NMR spectroscopy provides distance and torsion angular information about the three-dimensional structure of biopolymers, including bound metal ions.
- The complete three-dimensional structures of small to medium-sized proteins can be determined by NMR methods.
- Two-dimensional NMR methods have increased the applicability of NMR spectroscopy for macromolecular structural studies.
Variants of EPR and NMR Spectroscopy
- Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy is used to study substrates with EPR active metal centers.
- Electron-spin-echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy is used to detect superhyperfine interactions between metal ions and ligands.
- NMR spectroscopy can be used to study metal nuclei, such as 57Fe, 67Zn, and 113Cd, and to detect superhyperfine interactions.### NMR Spectroscopy
- Paramagnetic metal ions can produce shifted NMR signals that facilitate identification of amino-acid side-chain ligands.
- Line broadening without chemical shift changes occurs for ligands surrounding Mn(II) and Gd(III) and can be used to extract distance information.
- Line broadening by paramagnetic transition metals is also useful for determining the accessibility of water to the active site of a metalloenzyme.
- Metal nuclei having I = 1/2 are the most useful, as they do not exhibit quadrupolar line broadening.
- Examples of useful metal nuclei include 113Cd, 195Pt, 203Tl, and 207Pb.
Mossbauer Spectroscopy
- This method is especially valuable for studies of 57Fe in bioinorganic chemistry.
- The isomer shift (δ) and quadrupole splitting (ΔEQ) parameters can be obtained from the Mossbauer spectrum.
- The isomer shift is related to the metal oxidation and spin states, as well as the types of ligands coordinated to iron.
- The quadrupole splitting reveals the asymmetry of the electric field surrounding the metal center.
Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Transitions between various electronic states lead to the absorption of energy in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Electronic spectra can be used to evaluate the structural and electronic properties of metallobiomolecules.
- The three major sources of electronic spectra in metal complexes are internal ligand bands, transitions associated with metal orbitals, and charge transfer bands.
- Selected metalloprotein chromophores have distinct spectral features, such as the Soret band in hemes.
Magnetic Measurements
- The magnetic moment of a metalloprotein can be measured using a SQUID susceptometer.
- The magnetic susceptibility (χ) of a metalloprotein varies with temperature (T).
- The magnetic moment can be used to determine the number of unpaired electrons.
- Magnetic measurements can be used to study antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling between metal centers.
Redox Potential Measurements
- The redox potential of a metalloprotein can be measured using a potentiometric titration with a redox agent.
- The redox potential is an important property of metallobiomolecules, as it affects their biological functions.
- The redox potential can be used to study the accessibility of different redox states.
Circular Dichroism and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
- Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is a technique that measures the difference in absorption of left- and right-circularly polarized light by an optically active sample.
- CD spectroscopy can be used to detect or resolve electronic transitions, examine the secondary structure of biopolymers, and follow folding-unfolding transitions.
- Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy is a technique that measures the circular dichroism spectrum in the presence of an applied magnetic field.
- MCD spectroscopy can be used as a fingerprint method to identify bound ligands in certain cases.
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This chapter provides an overview of the various physical methods used in bioinorganic chemistry to address specific questions. It discusses the different techniques available to bioinorganic chemists without delving into the underlying principles. The goal is to facilitate progress in experimental science.