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Optical control of ultrafast structural dynamics in a fluorescent protein.


ABSTRACT: The photoisomerization reaction of a fluorescent protein chromophore occurs on the ultrafast timescale. The structural dynamics that result from femtosecond optical excitation have contributions from vibrational and electronic processes and from reaction dynamics that involve the crossing through a conical intersection. The creation and progression of the ultrafast structural dynamics strongly depends on optical and molecular parameters. When using X-ray crystallography as a probe of ultrafast dynamics, the origin of the observed nuclear motions is not known. Now, high-resolution pump-probe X-ray crystallography reveals complex sub-ångström, ultrafast motions and hydrogen-bonding rearrangements in the active site of a fluorescent protein. However, we demonstrate that the measured motions are not part of the photoisomerization reaction but instead arise from impulsively driven coherent vibrational processes in the electronic ground state. A coherent-control experiment using a two-colour and two-pulse optical excitation strongly amplifies the X-ray crystallographic difference density, while it fully depletes the photoisomerization process. A coherent control mechanism was tested and confirmed the wave packets assignment.

SUBMITTER: Hutchison CDM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624617 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optical control of ultrafast structural dynamics in a fluorescent protein.

Hutchison Christopher D M CDM   Baxter James M JM   Fitzpatrick Ann A   Dorlhiac Gabriel G   Fadini Alisia A   Perrett Samuel S   Maghlaoui Karim K   Lefèvre Salomé Bodet SB   Cordon-Preciado Violeta V   Ferreira Josie L JL   Chukhutsina Volha U VU   Garratt Douglas D   Barnard Jonathan J   Galinis Gediminas G   Glencross Flo F   Morgan Rhodri M RM   Stockton Sian S   Taylor Ben B   Yuan Letong L   Romei Matthew G MG   Lin Chi-Yun CY   Marangos Jon P JP   Schmidt Marius M   Chatrchyan Viktoria V   Buckup Tiago T   Morozov Dmitry D   Park Jaehyun J   Park Sehan S   Eom Intae I   Kim Minseok M   Jang Dogeun D   Choi Hyeongi H   Hyun HyoJung H   Park Gisu G   Nango Eriko E   Tanaka Rie R   Owada Shigeki S   Tono Kensuke K   DePonte Daniel P DP   Carbajo Sergio S   Seaberg Matt M   Aquila Andrew A   Boutet Sebastien S   Barty Anton A   Iwata So S   Boxer Steven G SG   Groenhof Gerrit G   van Thor Jasper J JJ  

Nature chemistry 20230810 11


The photoisomerization reaction of a fluorescent protein chromophore occurs on the ultrafast timescale. The structural dynamics that result from femtosecond optical excitation have contributions from vibrational and electronic processes and from reaction dynamics that involve the crossing through a conical intersection. The creation and progression of the ultrafast structural dynamics strongly depends on optical and molecular parameters. When using X-ray crystallography as a probe of ultrafast d  ...[more]

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