Local Electronic Structure of the Peptide Bond Probed by Resonant Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-31-2019

Publication Title

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volume

21

Issue

24

First page number:

13207

Last page number:

13214

Abstract

The local valence orbital structure of solid glycine, diglycine, and triglycine is studied using soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering (RIXS) maps, and spectra calculations based on density-functional theory. Using a building block approach, the contributions of the different functional groups of the peptides are separated. Cuts through the RIXS maps furthermore allow monitoring selective excitations of the amino and peptide functional units, leading to a modification of the currently established assignment of spectral contributions. The results thus paint a new-and-improved picture of the peptide bond, enhance the understanding of larger molecules with peptide bonds, and simplify the investigation of such molecules in aqueous environment.

Keywords

X ray emission spectroscopy; Resonant inelastic soft x ray scattering; Spectra calculations; Density functional theory; Peptides

Disciplines

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Chemicals and Drugs | Medicine and Health Sciences

Language

English

UNLV article access

Search your library

Share

COinS