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. 2014 Dec 16;137(1):289–298. doi: 10.1021/ja510513z

Table 2. Summary of EPR Parameters for the Hydrogen Bond to NH2Y731a.

NH2Y731 Ax [MHz] Ay [MHz] Az [MHz] α [°] β [°] γ [°] Qx [MHz] Qy [MHz] Qz [MHz]
Simulation
Y730-OD 1.3 –1.43 –1.63 –160 110 80      
        120 40 85 –0.03 –0.09 0.12
ND2 D(1) –0.6 –2.9 –3.8 –86 98 90      
        –92 93 –3 –0.04 –0.06 0.11
ND2 D(2) 0.06 –3.1 –4.2 –96 93 –31      
        –93 84 –121 –0.06 –0.08 0.14
DFT (model 1)
Y730-OD 1.1 –1.4 –1.7 –164 137 79      
        119 39 85 –0.04 –0.06 0.10
ND2 D(1) –0.4 –2.6 –2.8 –86 98 90      
        –92 93 –3 –0.05 –0.07 0.13
ND2 D(2) 0.04 –2.5 –3.7 –96 93 –31      
        –93 84 –121 –0.06 –0.08 0.14
DFT (model 2)
Y730-OD 0.75 –1.8 –2.2 –194 147 58      
        –104 121 –88 –0.04 –0.06 0.10
ND2 D(1) 0.25 –1.4 –1.5 –103 137 95      
        –111 80 12 –0.05 –0.07 0.13
ND2 D(2) 1.0 –1.0 –1.8 –113 80 –17      
        –76 64 –114 –0.06 –0.08 0.14
DFT (model 3)
Y730-OD 1.1 –1.7 –2.0 –163 122 81      
        106 25 84 –0.04 –0.06 0.09
ND2 D(1) 0.47 –2.6 –3.4 –98 99 72      
        –95 80 –15 –0.05 –0.06 0.11
ND2 D(2) 0.67 –2.63 –3.97 –100 84 –45      
        –98 103 43 –0.05 –0.06 0.11
a

Parameters were obtained from simulations of the orientation selective 94-GHz ENDOR spectra and comparison with the DFT models. The signs of the couplings from the simulation are only relative to each other within one tensor. The Euler angles (α, β, γ) are defined from the A or Q to the g tensor based on the y convention (positive sign for a rotation is counterclockwise, second rotation is around the y axis). The A and Q (quadrupole) tensor are chosen such that |Ax| < |Ay| < |Az|. Within this definition, for both the amino deuterons and the H bond deuteron the Ax direction results along the bond direction. Euler angles from DFT (in the ORCA output positive rotations are defined clockwise) were transformed into the magnetic resonance convention, for comparison. Uncertainty in the parameters from the DFT and ENDOR simulations is estimated up to about 20%.