Fast Enzyme Dynamics at the Active Site of Formate Dehydrogenase
Journal of the American Chemical Society2007Vol. 130(1), pp. 22–23
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Abstract
The role of femtosecond-picosecond structural dynamics of proteins in enzyme-catalyzed reactions is a hotly debated topic. We report infrared photon echo measurement of the formate dehydrogenase-NAD+-azide ternary complex. In contrast to earlier studies of protein dynamics, the data show complete spectral diffusion on the femtosecond-picosecond time scale with no static heterogeneity. This result indicates that this transition-state analogue complex completely samples the distribution of structures that determine the distribution of azide vibrational frequencies within a few picoseconds and that there are no slower motions that perturb the H-bond network at the active site.
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