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Action spectroscopy of the isolated red Kaede fluorescent protein chromophore
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4603-5172
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Number of Authors: 102021 (English)In: Journal of Chemical Physics, ISSN 0021-9606, E-ISSN 1089-7690, Vol. 155, no 12, article id 124304Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Incorporation of fluorescent proteins into biochemical systems has revolutionized the field of bioimaging. In a bottom-up approach, understanding the photophysics of fluorescent proteins requires detailed investigations of the light-absorbing chromophore, which can be achieved by studying the chromophore in isolation. This paper reports a photodissociation action spectroscopy study on the deprotonated anion of the red Kaede fluorescent protein chromophore, demonstrating that at least three isomers–assigned to deprotomers–are generated in the gas phase. Deprotomer-selected action spectra are recorded over the S1 ← S0 band using an instrument with differential mobility spectrometry coupled with photodissociation spectroscopy. The spectrum for the principal phenoxide deprotomer spans the 480–660 nm range with a maximum response at ≈610 nm. The imidazolate deprotomer has a blue-shifted action spectrum with a maximum response at ≈545 nm. The action spectra are consistent with excited state coupled-cluster calculations of excitation wavelengths for the deprotomers. A third gas-phase species with a distinct action spectrum is tentatively assigned to an imidazole tautomer of the principal phenoxide deprotomer. This study highlights the need for isomer-selective methods when studying the photophysics of biochromophores possessing several deprotonation sites.

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2021. Vol. 155, no 12, article id 124304
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-200948DOI: 10.1063/5.0063258ISI: 000729369100004PubMedID: 34598549Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85116037721OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-200948DiVA, id: diva2:1631526
Available from: 2022-01-24 Created: 2022-01-24 Last updated: 2022-11-10Bibliographically approved

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