Spectroscopic Evidences for Strong Hydrogen Bonds with Selenomethionine in Proteins.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS(2017)
Abstract
Careful protein structure analysis unravels many unknown and unappreciated noncovalent interactions that control protein structure; one such unrecognized interaction in protein is selenium centered hydrogen bonds (SeCHBs). We report, for the first time, SeCHBs involving the amide proton and selenium of selenomethionine (Mse), i.e., amide N-H...Se H bonds discerned in proteins. Using mass selective and conformer specific high resolution vibrational spectroscopy, gold standard quantum chemical calculations at CCSD(T), and indepth protein structure analysis, we establish that amide N-H...Se and amide-N-H...Te H bonds are as strong as conventional amide N-H...O and amide N-H...O=C H-bonds despite smaller electronegativity of selenium and tellurium than oxygen. It is in fact, electronegativity, atomic charge, and polarizability of the H-bond acceptor atoms are at play in deciding the strength of H-bonds. The amide N-H...Se and amide-N-H...Te H-bonds presented here are not only new additions to the ever expanding world of noncovalent interactions, but also are of central importance to design new force-fields for better biomolecular structure simulations.
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Key words
Hydrogen Bonding,Hydrogen Bonds,Halogen Bonding
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