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Interactions of coinage metal clusters with histidine and their effects on histidine acidity; Theoretical investigation

Javan, M. J ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25711d
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. Understanding the nature of interaction between metal nanoparticles and biomolecules such as amino acids is important in the development and design of biosensors. In this paper, binding of M3 clusters (M = Au, Ag and Cu) with neutral and anionic forms of histidine amino acid was studied using density functional theory (DFT-B3LYP). It was found that the interaction of histidine with M3 clusters is governed by two major bonding factors: (a) the anchoring N-M and O-M bonds and (b) the nonconventional N-H⋯M and O-H⋯M hydrogen bonds. The nature of these chemical bonds has been investigated based on quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analyses. In the next step, the effects of Au, Ag and Cu metal clusters on the gas-phase acidity of weak organic acid (histidine) have been explored. The acidity of isolated histidine was compared with the acidity of its Au3-, Ag3- and Cu3-complexed species. Results indicate that upon complexation with M3 clusters (at 298 K), the gas-phase acidity (GPA) of histidine varies from 339.5 to 312.3, 315.0, and 313.7 kcal mol-1 for Au3-, Ag3- and Cu 3-His complexes, respectively (i.e., its dissociation becomes much less endothermic). These values indicate that a weak organic acid can be converted to a super acid when it is complexed with metal clusters. Also, in order to investigate the acidity value of the imidazole moiety in histidine, histidine methyl ester (His-OMe) was selected. Similarly, the acidity of this compound was compared with the acidity of their Au3, Ag3 and Cu3-complexed species. After complexation with M3 clusters at 298 K, the gas-phase acidity (GPA) of His-OMe varies from 333.0 to 280.0, 304.2 and 291.5 kcal mol-1, respectively. Moreover, pK a values were determined in water for isolated and complexed species of His and His-OMe. The resulting pKa values were found to decrease upon complexation with M3 clusters
  6. Keywords:
  7. Coinage metal clusters ; DFT-B3LYP ; Gas-phase acidities ; Imidazole moiety ; Metal cluster ; Methyl esters ; Natural bond orbital analysis ; Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules ; Super acid ; Theoretical investigations ; Weak organic acids ; Biosensors ; Complexation ; Density functional theory ; Hydrogen bonds ; Amino acids ; Silver ; Chemical structure ; Chemistry ; pH ; Quantum theory ; Copper ; Gold ; Histidine ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Models, Molecular
  8. Source: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry ; Volume 10, Issue 47 , Oct , 2012 , Pages 9373-9382 ; 14770520 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/OB/c2ob25711d#!divAbstract