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Bound detergent molecules in bacterial reaction centers facilitate detection of tetryl explosive.

Author(s): Modafferi D, Zazubovich V, Kálmán L

Photosynth Res. 2020 Jul 06;: Authors: Modafferi D, Zazubovich V, Kálmán L

Article GUID: 32632533
Evidence of Simultaneous Spectral Hole Burning Involving Two Tiers of the Protein Energy Landscape in Cytochrome b6f.

Author(s): Shafiei G, Levenberg A, Lujan MA, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2019 Dec 12;: Authors: Shafiei G, Levenberg A, Lujan MA, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

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How Well Does the Hole-Burning Action Spectrum Represent the Site-Distribution Function of the Lowest-Energy State in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes?

Author(s): Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

J Phys Chem B. 2019 Jul 02;: Authors: Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

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Low-temperature protein dynamics of the B800 molecules in the LH2 light-harvesting complex: spectral hole burning study and comparison with single photosynthetic complex spectroscopy.

Author(s): Grozdanov D, Herascu N, Reinot T, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2010 Mar 18;114(10):3426-38 Authors: Grozdanov D, Herascu N, Reinot T, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

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Parameters of the protein energy landscapes of several light-harvesting complexes probed via spectral hole growth kinetics measurements.

Author(s): Herascu N, Najafi M, Amunts A, Pieper J, Irrgang KD, Picorel R, Seibert M, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2011 Mar 31;115(12):2737-47 Authors: Herascu N, Najafi M, Amunts A, Pieper J, Irrgang KD, Picorel R, Seibert M, Zazubovich V

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Self-assembly and sensor response of photosynthetic reaction centers on screen-printed electrodes.

Author(s): Bhalla V, Zazubovich V

Anal Chim Acta. 2011 Nov 30;707(1-2):184-90 Authors: Bhalla V, Zazubovich V

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Effects of the distributions of energy or charge transfer rates on spectral hole burning in pigment-protein complexes at low temperatures.

Author(s): Herascu N, Ahmouda S, Picorel R, Seibert M, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2011 Dec 22;115(50):15098-109 Authors: Herascu N, Ahmouda S, Picorel R, Seibert M, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

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Spectral hole burning, recovery, and thermocycling in chlorophyll-protein complexes: distributions of barriers on the protein energy landscape.

Author(s): Najafi M, Herascu N, Seibert M, Picorel R, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2012 Sep 27;116(38):11780-90 Authors: Najafi M, Herascu N, Seibert M, Picorel R, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V

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Modeling of various optical spectra in the presence of slow excitation energy transfer in dimers and trimers with weak interpigment coupling: FMO as an example.

Author(s): Herascu N, Kell A, Acharya K, Jankowiak R, Blankenship RE, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2014 Feb 27;118(8):2032-40 Authors: Herascu N, Kell A, Acharya K, Jankowiak R, Blankenship RE, Zazubovich V

Article GUID: 24506338
On the Controversial Nature of the 825 nm Exciton Band in the FMO Protein Complex.

Author(s): Kell A, Acharya K, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

J Phys Chem Lett. 2014 Apr 17;5(8):1450-6 Authors: Kell A, Acharya K, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

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Fluorescence line narrowing and Δ-FLN spectra in the presence of excitation energy transfer between weakly coupled chromophores.

Author(s): Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2014 Nov 26;118(47):13535-43 Authors: Zazubovich V

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Conformational Changes in Pigment-Protein Complexes at Low Temperatures-Spectral Memory and a Possibility of Cooperative Effects.

Author(s): Najafi M, Herascu N, Shafiei G, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2015 Jun 11;119(23):6930-40 Authors: Najafi M, Herascu N, Shafiei G, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

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Monte Carlo Modeling of Spectral Diffusion Employing Multiwell Protein Energy Landscapes: Application to Pigment-Protein Complexes Involved in Photosynthesis.

Author(s): Najafi M, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2015 Jun 25;119(25):7911-21 Authors: Najafi M, Zazubovich V

Article GUID: 26020801
On the Conflicting Estimations of Pigment Site Energies in Photosynthetic Complexes: A Case Study of the CP47 Complex.

Author(s): Reinot T, Chen J, Kell A, Jassas M, Robben KC, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

Anal Chem Insights. 2016;11:35-48 Authors: Reinot T, Chen J, Kell A, Jassas M, Robben KC, Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R

Article GUID: 27279733
A simple and efficient method to prepare pure dimers and monomers of the cytochrome b 6 f complex from spinach.

Author(s): Luján MA, Lorente P, Zazubovich V, Picorel R

Photosynth Res. 2017 Jun;132(3):305-309 Authors: Luján MA, Lorente P, Zazubovich V, Picorel R

Article GUID: 28374305
Probing Energy Landscapes of Cytochrome b6f with Spectral Hole Burning: Effects of Deuterated Solvent and Detergent.

Author(s): Levenberg A, Shafiei G, Lujan MA, Giannacopoulos S, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2017 10 26;121(42):9848-9858 Authors: Levenberg A, Shafiei G, Lujan MA, Giannacopoulos S, Picorel R, Zazubovich V

Article GUID: 28956922
Spectral Hole Burning in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I with P700 in Oxidized and Neutral States.

Author(s): Herascu N, Hunter MS, Shafiei G, Najafi M, Johnson TW, Fromme P, Zazubovich V

J Phys Chem B. 2016;120(40):10483-10495 Authors: Herascu N, Hunter MS, Shafiei G, Najafi M, Johnson TW, Fromme P, Zazubovich V

Article GUID: 27661089
Title:Bound detergent molecules in bacterial reaction centers facilitate detection of tetryl explosive.
Authors:Modafferi D,  Zazubovich V,  Kálmán L
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32632533?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1007/s11120-020-00770-7
Category:Photosynth Res
PMID:32632533
Dept Affiliation: PHYSICS
1 Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
3 Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. valter.zazubovits@concordia.ca.
4 Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. laszlo.kalman@concordia.ca.

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Bound detergent molecules in bacterial reaction centers facilitate detection of tetryl explosive.

Photosynth Res. 2020 Jul 06;:

Authors: Modafferi D, Zazubovich V, Kálmán L

Abstract

Bacterial reaction centers (BRC) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides were found to accelerate, about 100-fold, the reaction between tetryl (2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine) explosive and n-lauryl-N-N-dimethylamine-N-oxide (LDAO) that results in the formation of picric acid-like product with characteristic UV-VIS absorption spectrum with peaks at 345 and 415 nm. Moreover, this product also affects the spectra of BRC cofactors in the NIR spectral region and stabilizes the conformational changes associated with slow charge recombination. The evolution of the NIR absorption changes correlated with the kinetics of the product formation. Comparison between the wild-type and the R26 carotenoid-less strain indicates that tetryl-LDAO reaction is roughly five times faster for R26, which allows for identifying the carotenoid binding site as the optimal reaction site. Another, less-defined reaction site is located in the BRC's hydrophobic cavity. These effects are highly selective for tetryl and not observed for several other widespread nitric explosives; slowed-down charge recombination allows for distinguishing between tetryl and QB-site herbicides. The current limit of detection is in the ppb range or?~?100 nM. Details of the molecular mechanisms of the reactions and perspectives of using these effects in bioassays or biosensors for explosives detection are also discussed.

PMID: 32632533 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]