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Ab initio study of the excited-state deactivation pathways of protonated tryptophan and tyrosine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17447763     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In recent experiments, the excited-state lifetimes of protonated aromatic amino acids (TrpH+ and TyrH+) have been recorded by means of pump-probe photodissociation technique. The lifetime of TyrH+ is much longer than that of TrpH+, which has been initially rationalized on the basis of a simple phenomenological model. Besides, specific photofragments including the formation of radical cation after hydrogen loss are observed for TrpH+ that are not found for TyrH+. The ab initio calculations reported here for TrpH+ and TyrH+ using a coupled-cluster method are meant to track the rich photochemistry of these protonated amino acids following UV excitation.
Authors:
Gilles Grégoire; Christophe Jouvet; Claude Dedonder; Andrzej L Sobolewski
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-04-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Chemical Society     Volume:  129     ISSN:  0002-7863     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Chem. Soc.     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-05-09     Completed Date:  2007-06-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503056     Medline TA:  J Am Chem Soc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  6223-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers du CNRS, Institut Galilée, Université Paris 13, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. gregoire@lpl.univ-paris13.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Isomerism
Models, Molecular
Photochemistry
Protons*
Thermodynamics
Tryptophan / chemistry*
Tyrosine / chemistry*
Ultraviolet Rays
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Protons; 55520-40-6/Tyrosine; 73-22-3/Tryptophan

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