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- Title
Photoinduced Processes within Noncovalent Complexes Involved in Molecular Recognition.
- Authors
Abdelmouleh, Marwa; Lalande, Mathieu; Vizcaino, Violaine; Schlathölter, Thomas; Poully, Jean‐Christophe
- Abstract
Investigating the intrinsic properties of molecular complexes is crucial for understanding the influence of noncovalent interactions on fundamental chemical reactions. Moreover, specific molecular recognition between a ligand and its receptor is a highly important biological process, but little is known about the effects of ionizing radiation on ligand–receptor complexes. The processes triggered by VUV photoabsorption on isolated noncovalent complexes between the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin and a mimic of its receptor have been probed by means of mass spectrometry and synchrotron radiation. In the case of protonated species, the glycosidic bond of vancomycin was cleaved with low activation energy, regardless of the molecular environment. In sharp contrast, for deprotonated species, electron photodetachment from carboxylate groups only triggered CO2 loss, whereas the glycosidic bond remained intact. Importantly, the noncovalent complex was also found to survive VUV photoabsorption only when the native structure is conserved in the gas phase.
- Subjects
SYNCHROTRON radiation; IONIZING radiation; RECEPTOR-ligand complexes; GLYCOPEPTIDE antibiotics; CHEMICAL reactions; MOLECULAR recognition; PHOTOINDUCED electron transfer
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 10, p2243
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201904786