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. 1987 Nov;52(5):867–872. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(87)83280-0

Triplet state sublevel kinetics of tryptophan 54 in the complex of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein with single-stranded poly(deoxythymidylic) acid.

L H Zang 1, A H Maki 1, J B Murphy 1, J W Chase 1
PMCID: PMC1330190  PMID: 3322418

Abstract

The individual sublevel kinetics of the lowest triplet state of tryptophan 54 (Trp 54) which is highly perturbed in the complex of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (Eco SSB) with poly(deoxythymidylic) acid (poly[dT]) have been studied by optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectroscopy. The triplet sublevel decay constants of Trp 54, kx, ky, kz, are 0.99, 0.072, and 0.045 s-1, respectively, in the poly(dT) complex of a point-mutated Eco SSB in which Trp 88 is substituted by phenylalanine. Tx is the only radiative triplet sublevel. Negative polarity of the Tx----Tz and Tx----Ty phosphorescence-detected ODMR signals results from the steady state population pattern, nx greater than ny, nz, and implies that the relations, px greater than or equal to 14py, and px greater than or equal to 22pz exist for the relative populating rates. Spin-orbit coupling between radiative singlet states and the Tx sublevel of the lowest triplet state of Trp 54 is enhanced selectively upon complexing of Eco SSB with poly(dT).

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