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  1. Article ; Online: Quantitative Account of the Bonding Properties of a Rubredoxin Model Complex [Fe(SCH

    Tzeli, Demeter / Raugei, Simone / Xantheas, Sotiris S

    Journal of chemical theory and computation

    2021  Volume 17, Issue 10, Page(s) 6080–6091

    Abstract: Iron-sulfur clusters play important roles in biology as parts of electron-transfer chains and catalytic cofactors. Here, we report a detailed computational analysis of a structural model of the simplest natural iron-sulfur cluster of rubredoxin and its ... ...

    Abstract Iron-sulfur clusters play important roles in biology as parts of electron-transfer chains and catalytic cofactors. Here, we report a detailed computational analysis of a structural model of the simplest natural iron-sulfur cluster of rubredoxin and its cationic counterparts. Specifically, we investigated adiabatic reduction energies, dissociation energies, and bonding properties of the low-lying electronic states of the complexes [Fe(SCH
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1549-9626
    ISSN (online) 1549-9626
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00485
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  2. Article ; Online: Protonation of Serine in Gas and Condensed and Microsolvated States in Aqueous Solution.

    Johnson, Samantha I / Baer, Marcel D / Raugei, Simone

    The journal of physical chemistry. A

    2021  Volume 126, Issue 1, Page(s) 44–52

    Abstract: Identification of molecules and elucidation of their chemical structure are ubiquitous problems in chemistry. Mass spectrometry (MS) can be used due to its sensitivity and versatility. For detection to occur, analytes must be ionized and transferred to ... ...

    Abstract Identification of molecules and elucidation of their chemical structure are ubiquitous problems in chemistry. Mass spectrometry (MS) can be used due to its sensitivity and versatility. For detection to occur, analytes must be ionized and transferred to the gas phase. Soft ionization processes such as electrospray ionization are popular; however, resulting microsolvated phases can alter the chemistry of analytes and therefore detection and identification. To understand these processes, we use computational methods to probe the ionization propensity of serine in the gas phase, aqueous microsolvated clusters, and aqueous solution. We show that the tautomeric form of serine is altered by the presence of water, as five water molecules can stabilize the zwitterionic tautomer. Inclusion of cosolutes such as ions can stabilize the zwitterion with as few as one or two water molecules present. We demonstrate that ionization propensity, as measured by gas phase bacisity, can increase by over 100 kJ/mol when placed in a small water-serine cluster, showing the sensitivity of the chemistry of microsolvated analytes. Finally, detailed analysis reveals that small droplets (less than seven water molecules) are extremely sensitive to addition of further water molecules. Beyond this limit, structural and electronic properties change little with droplet size.
    MeSH term(s) Ions ; Serine ; Water
    Chemical Substances Ions ; Water (059QF0KO0R) ; Serine (452VLY9402)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1520-5215
    ISSN (online) 1520-5215
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08795
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  3. Article ; Online: Atomistic insight on structure and dynamics of spinach acyl carrier protein with substrate length.

    Baer, Marcel D / Shanklin, John / Raugei, Simone

    Biophysical journal

    2021  Volume 120, Issue 17, Page(s) 3841–3853

    Abstract: The plant acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturases are a family of soluble enzymes that convert saturated fatty acyl-ACPs into their cis-monounsaturated equivalents in an oxygen-dependent reaction. These enzymes play a key role in biosynthesis of ... ...

    Abstract The plant acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturases are a family of soluble enzymes that convert saturated fatty acyl-ACPs into their cis-monounsaturated equivalents in an oxygen-dependent reaction. These enzymes play a key role in biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids in plants. ACPs are central proteins in fatty acid biosynthesis that deliver acyl chains to desaturases. They have been reported to show a varying degree of local dynamics and structural variability depending on the acyl chain size. It has been suggested that substrate-specific changes in ACP structure and dynamics have a crucial impact on the desaturase enzymatic activity. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated the intrinsic solution structure and dynamics of ACP from spinach with four different acyl chains: capric (C
    MeSH term(s) Acyl Carrier Protein ; Fatty Acids ; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated ; Spinacia oleracea
    Chemical Substances Acyl Carrier Protein ; Fatty Acids ; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 218078-9
    ISSN 1542-0086 ; 0006-3495
    ISSN (online) 1542-0086
    ISSN 0006-3495
    DOI 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.12.036
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  4. Article ; Online: Molecular mechanism of trehalose 6-phosphate inhibition of the plant metabolic sensor kinase SnRK1.

    Blanford, Jantana / Zhai, Zhiyang / Baer, Marcel D / Guo, Gongrui / Liu, Hui / Liu, Qun / Raugei, Simone / Shanklin, John

    Science advances

    2024  Volume 10, Issue 20, Page(s) eadn0895

    Abstract: SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASE1 (SnRK1), a central plant metabolic sensor kinase, phosphorylates its target proteins, triggering a global shift from anabolism to catabolism. Molecular modeling revealed that upon binding of KIN10 to ... ...

    Abstract SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASE1 (SnRK1), a central plant metabolic sensor kinase, phosphorylates its target proteins, triggering a global shift from anabolism to catabolism. Molecular modeling revealed that upon binding of KIN10 to GEMINIVIRUS REP-INTERACTING KINASE1 (GRIK1), KIN10's activation T-loop reorients into GRIK1's active site, enabling its phosphorylation and activation. Trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) is a proxy for cellular sugar status and a potent inhibitor of SnRK1. T6P binds to KIN10, a SnRK1 catalytic subunit, weakening its affinity for GRIK1. Here, we investigate the molecular details of T6P inhibition of KIN10. Molecular dynamics simulations and in vitro phosphorylation assays identified and validated the T6P binding site on KIN10. Under high-sugar conditions, T6P binds to KIN10, blocking the reorientation of its activation loop and preventing its phosphorylation and activation by GRIK1. Under these conditions, SnRK1 maintains only basal activity levels, minimizing phosphorylation of its target proteins, thereby facilitating a general shift from catabolism to anabolism.
    MeSH term(s) Sugar Phosphates/metabolism ; Trehalose/analogs & derivatives ; Trehalose/metabolism ; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Protein Binding ; Arabidopsis/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Transcription Factors
    Chemical Substances trehalose-6-phosphate ; SnRK1 protein, Arabidopsis ; KIN10 protein, Arabidopsis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adn0895
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  5. Article: Multilevel Computational Studies Reveal the Importance of Axial Ligand for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe–N–C Materials

    Hutchison, Phillips / Rice, Peter S. / Warburton, Robert E. / Raugei, Simone / Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon

    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 Aug. 24, v. 144, no. 36

    2022  

    Abstract: The systematic improvement of Fe–N–C materials for fuel cell applications has proven challenging, due in part to an incomplete atomistic understanding of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under electrochemical conditions. Herein, a multilevel ... ...

    Abstract The systematic improvement of Fe–N–C materials for fuel cell applications has proven challenging, due in part to an incomplete atomistic understanding of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under electrochemical conditions. Herein, a multilevel computational approach, which combines ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and constant potential density functional theory calculations, is used to assess proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) processes and adsorption thermodynamics of key ORR intermediates. These calculations indicate that the potential-limiting step for ORR on Fe–N–C materials is the formation of the Feᴵᴵᴵ–OOH intermediate. They also show that an active site model with a water molecule axially ligated to the iron center throughout the catalytic cycle produces results that are consistent with the experimental measurements. In particular, reliable prediction of the ORR onset potential and the Fe(III/II) redox potential associated with the conversion of Feᴵᴵᴵ–OH to Feᴵᴵ and desorbed H₂O requires an axial H₂O co-adsorbed to the iron center. The observation of a five-coordinate rather than four-coordinate active site has significant implications for the thermodynamics and mechanism of ORR. These findings highlight the importance of solvent–substrate interactions and surface charge effects for understanding the PCET reaction mechanisms and transition-metal redox couples under realistic electrochemical conditions.
    Keywords active sites ; adsorption ; density functional theory ; electrochemistry ; electron transfer ; fuel cells ; ligands ; models ; molecular dynamics ; prediction ; redox potential ; thermodynamics
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0824
    Size p. 16524-16534.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 3155-0
    ISSN 1520-5126 ; 0002-7863
    ISSN (online) 1520-5126
    ISSN 0002-7863
    DOI 10.1021/jacs.2c05779
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  6. Article: Molecular Catalysts with Diphosphine Ligands Containing Pendant Amines

    Wiedner, Eric S. / Appel, Aaron M. / Raugei, Simone / Shaw, Wendy J. / Bullock, R. Morris

    Chemical reviews. 2022 May 31, v. 122, no. 14

    2022  

    Abstract: Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which contain a pendant amine positioned for cooperative bifunctionality, synthetic ... ...

    Abstract Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which contain a pendant amine positioned for cooperative bifunctionality, synthetic catalysts have been developed to emulate this multifunctionality through incorporation of a pendant amine in the second coordination sphere. Cyclic diphosphine ligands containing two amines serve as the basis for a class of catalysts that have been extensively studied and used to demonstrate the impact of a pendant base. These 1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctanes, now often referred to as “P₂N₂” ligands, have profound effects on the reactivity of many catalysts. The resulting [Ni(Pᴿ₂Nᴿ′₂)₂]²⁺ complexes are electrocatalysts for both the oxidation and production of H₂. Achieving the optimal benefit of the pendant amine requires that it has suitable basicity and is properly positioned relative to the metal center. In addition to the catalytic efficacy demonstrated with [Ni(Pᴿ₂Nᴿ′₂)₂]²⁺ complexes for the oxidation and production of H₂, catalysts with diphosphine ligands containing pendant amines have also been demonstrated for several metals for many different reactions, both in solution and immobilized on surfaces. The impact of pendant amines in catalyst design continues to expand.
    Keywords catalysts ; ligands ; oxidation
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0531
    Size p. 12427-12474.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 207949-5
    ISSN 1520-6890 ; 0009-2665
    ISSN (online) 1520-6890
    ISSN 0009-2665
    DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01001
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  7. Article ; Online: Catalytic bias in oxidation-reduction catalysis.

    Mulder, David W / Peters, John W / Raugei, Simone

    Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

    2020  Volume 57, Issue 6, Page(s) 713–720

    Abstract: Cataytic bias refers to the propensity of a reaction catalyst to effect a different rate acceleration in one direction versus the other in a chemical reaction under non-equilibrium conditions. In biocatalysis, the inherent bias of an enzyme is often ... ...

    Abstract Cataytic bias refers to the propensity of a reaction catalyst to effect a different rate acceleration in one direction versus the other in a chemical reaction under non-equilibrium conditions. In biocatalysis, the inherent bias of an enzyme is often advantagous to augment the innate thermodynamics of a reaction to promote efficiency and fidelity in the coordination of catabolic and anabolic pathways. In industrial chemical catalysis a directional cataltyic bias is a sought after property in facilitating the engineering of systems that couple catalysis with harvest and storage of for example fine chemicals or energy compounds. Interestingly, there is little information about catalytic bias in biocatalysis likely in large part due to difficulties in developing tractible assays sensitive enough to study detailed kinetics. For oxidation-reduction reactions, colorimetric redox indicators exist in a range of reduction potentials to provide a mechanism to study both directions of reactions in a fairly facile manner. The current short review attempts to define catalytic bias conceptually and to develop model systems for defining the parameters that control catalytic bias in enzyme catalyzed oxidation-reduction catalysis.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-12-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1472881-3
    ISSN 1364-548X ; 1359-7345 ; 0009-241X
    ISSN (online) 1364-548X
    ISSN 1359-7345 ; 0009-241X
    DOI 10.1039/d0cc07062a
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  8. Article ; Online: Modeling Absolute Redox Potentials of Ferrocene in the Condensed Phase.

    Makoś, Małgorzata Zofia / Gurunathan, Pradeep Kumar / Raugei, Simone / Kowalski, Karol / Glezakou, Vassiliki-Alexandra / Rousseau, Roger

    The journal of physical chemistry letters

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 42, Page(s) 10005–10010

    Abstract: Absolute thermodynamic quantities for critical chemical reactions are needed to determine the role of solvents and reactive environments in catalysis and electrocatalysis. Theoretical methods can provide such quantification but are often hindered by the ... ...

    Abstract Absolute thermodynamic quantities for critical chemical reactions are needed to determine the role of solvents and reactive environments in catalysis and electrocatalysis. Theoretical methods can provide such quantification but are often hindered by the innate complexity of electron correlation and dynamic relaxation of solvent environments. We present and validate a protocol for calculating the redox potentials of the ferrocene/ferrocenium redox pair in acetonitrile. Equation-of-motion and effective fragment potential (EFP) methods are used to characterize the adiabatic and vertical ionization potentials as well as the electron affinity processes. We benchmark molecular mechanics against the EFP model to show the differences in the ferrocene electronic polarizability in two redox states. Our best estimate of the redox potential (4.94 eV) agrees well with the experimental value (4.93 eV). This demonstrates the ability of modern computational methods to predict absolute redox potentials quantitatively and to quantify the correlation of dynamic effects, which underlie their origin.
    MeSH term(s) Metallocenes ; Solvents/chemistry ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Acetonitriles
    Chemical Substances ferrocene (U96PKG90JQ) ; Metallocenes ; Solvents ; Acetonitriles
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1948-7185
    ISSN (online) 1948-7185
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02447
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  9. Article ; Online: Multilevel Computational Studies Reveal the Importance of Axial Ligand for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe-N-C Materials.

    Hutchison, Phillips / Rice, Peter S / Warburton, Robert E / Raugei, Simone / Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon

    Journal of the American Chemical Society

    2022  Volume 144, Issue 36, Page(s) 16524–16534

    Abstract: The systematic improvement of Fe-N-C materials for fuel cell applications has proven challenging, due in part to an incomplete atomistic understanding of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under electrochemical conditions. Herein, a multilevel ... ...

    Abstract The systematic improvement of Fe-N-C materials for fuel cell applications has proven challenging, due in part to an incomplete atomistic understanding of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under electrochemical conditions. Herein, a multilevel computational approach, which combines ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and constant potential density functional theory calculations, is used to assess proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) processes and adsorption thermodynamics of key ORR intermediates. These calculations indicate that the potential-limiting step for ORR on Fe-N-C materials is the formation of the Fe
    MeSH term(s) Ferric Compounds/chemistry ; Iron/chemistry ; Ligands ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxygen/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Ferric Compounds ; Ligands ; Iron (E1UOL152H7) ; Oxygen (S88TT14065)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 3155-0
    ISSN 1520-5126 ; 0002-7863
    ISSN (online) 1520-5126
    ISSN 0002-7863
    DOI 10.1021/jacs.2c05779
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  10. Article ; Online: Molecular Catalysts with Diphosphine Ligands Containing Pendant Amines.

    Wiedner, Eric S / Appel, Aaron M / Raugei, Simone / Shaw, Wendy J / Bullock, R Morris

    Chemical reviews

    2022  Volume 122, Issue 14, Page(s) 12427–12474

    Abstract: Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which contain a pendant amine positioned for cooperative bifunctionality, synthetic ... ...

    Abstract Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which contain a pendant amine positioned for cooperative bifunctionality, synthetic catalysts have been developed to emulate this multifunctionality through incorporation of a pendant amine in the second coordination sphere. Cyclic diphosphine ligands containing two amines serve as the basis for a class of catalysts that have been extensively studied and used to demonstrate the impact of a pendant base. These 1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctanes, now often referred to as "P
    MeSH term(s) Amines/chemistry ; Catalysis ; Hydrogen/chemistry ; Hydrogenase/chemistry ; Ligands
    Chemical Substances Amines ; Ligands ; Hydrogen (7YNJ3PO35Z) ; Hydrogenase (EC 1.12.7.2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 207949-5
    ISSN 1520-6890 ; 0009-2665
    ISSN (online) 1520-6890
    ISSN 0009-2665
    DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01001
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