Room temperature X-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloenzymes with drop-on-demand sample delivery at XFELs

Isabel Bogacz, Hiroki Makita, Philipp S. Simon, Miao Zhang, Margaret D. Doyle, Ruchira Chatterjee, Thomas Fransson, Clemens Weninger, Franklin Fuller, Leland Gee, Takahiro Sato, Matthew Seaberg, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Uwe Bergmann, Vittal K. Yachandra, Jan Kern, Junko Yano

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Abstract

X-ray crystallography and X-ray spectroscopy using X-ray free electron lasers plays an important role in understanding the interplay of structural changes in the protein and the chemical changes at the metal active site of metalloenzymes through their catalytic cycles. As a part of such an effort, we report here our recent development of methods for X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at XFELs to study dilute biological samples, available in limited volumes. Our prime target is Photosystem II (PS II), a multi subunit membrane protein complex, that catalyzes the light-driven water oxidation reaction at the Mn4CaO5 cluster. This is an ideal system to investigate how to control multi-electron/proton chemistry, using the flexibility of metal redox states, in coordination with the protein and the water network. We describe the method that we have developed to collect XAS data using PS II samples with a Mn concentration of <1 mM, using a drop-on-demand sample delivery method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)891-897
JournalPure and Applied Chemistry
Volume95
Issue number8
Early online date2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Biological Sciences
  • Biophysics

Free keywords

  • Manganese
  • photoiupac 2022
  • photosystem II
  • water oxidation
  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • X-ray free electron lasers

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