Investigating the structural origin of trpzip2 temperature dependent unfolding fluorescence line shape based on a Markov state model simulation

J Phys Chem B. 2012 Oct 25;116(42):12669-76. doi: 10.1021/jp304714q. Epub 2012 Oct 12.

Abstract

Vibrationally resolved fluorescence spectra of the β-hairpin trpzip2 peptide at two temperatures as well as during a T-jump unfolding process are simulated on the basis of a combination of Markov state models and quantum chemistry schemes. The broad asymmetric spectral line shape feature is reproduced by considering the exciton-phonon couplings. The temperature dependent red shift observed in the experiment has been attributed to the state population changes of specific chromophores. Through further theoretical study, it is found that both the environment's electric field and the chromophores' geometry distortions are responsible for tryptophan fluorescence shift.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescence*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Unfolding*
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Temperature*
  • Time Factors
  • Vibration

Substances

  • Proteins
  • Trpzip2 protein