@conference {441, title = {Anisotropic Terahertz Microscopy of Lysozyme in Different CrystalLattice Systems}, booktitle = {Biophysical Journal}, year = {2021}, month = {02/2021}, abstract = {

Long-range vibrational modes of proteins at terahertz (THz) frequencies havebeen associated with protein function and allosteric control. The characteriza-tion of these motions has been challenging due to energy overlap with waterabsorption and a large vibrational density of states. Recently it has been demon-strated both experimentally and theoretically that vibrational bands can be iso-lated using stationary sample anisotropic terahertz microscopy (SSTAM) fororiented samples, typically realized using protein crystals [1, 2]. In those earlymeasurements, inhibitor binding contrast was demonstrated for high symmetrytetragonal crystals. While high symmetry crystals are ideal for structural deter-minations, they can limit the types of vibrations observable in the ATM mea-surements. Here we show a survey of ATM measurements of triclinic,monoclinic and tetragonal crystals, demonstrating the unique signaturesobservable for the different symmetry groups, leading to a more completedetermination of the vibrational hot spots that may contribute to enzymatic ef-ficiency. The SSATM spectra indicate the presence of conserved vibrationalmodes near 40 cm-1 and 55 cm-1 for CEWL in triclinic, monoclinic and tetrag-onal lattice systems respectively. For CEWL in the monoclinic lattice system, aprominent band at 20cm1was consistently observed in the SSATM spectrabut not in the triclinic or tetragonal systems. The conserved bands may repre-sent vibrational modes that are unperturbed by crystal contact forces while thedifferences may be related to unique molecular orientation in different crystalsystems.


1.Niessen, K., Y. Deng, and A.G. Markelz,Near-field THz micropo-larimetry.Opt Express, 2019.27(20): p. 28036-28047.

2.Romo, T.D., A.Grossfield, and A.G. MarkelzPersistent Protein Motions in a RuggedEnergy Landscape Revealed by Normal Mode Ensemble Analysis. AcceptedJournal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2020.

}, doi = {10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.972}, url = {https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(20)31879-8}, author = {McKinney, J. A. and George, D. K. and Deng, Y. and Markelz, A. G.} } @proceedings {235, title = {Anisotropic Terahertz Microscopy of Protein Collective Vibrations: Crystal Symmetry and Hydration Dependence}, year = {2019}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: BQ4OX
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McKinney, Jeffrey Deng, Yanting Sharma, Akansha George, D. K. Markelz, A. G.
Irmmw-thz
Proceedings Paper
44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
Sep 01-06, 2019
Paris, FRANCE
Lytid, TYDEX, Swiss Terahertz, Fondat Maison Chimie, CNRS, Lab Physique ENS, Li2S, LUNA, MenloSystems, ENS, PSL Univ Paris, FYLA, ADVANTEST, Springer Nature, Soc Francaise Physique, Sorbonne Univ, Int Soc Infrared Millimeter \& Terahertz Waves, IEEE, GDR NANO THz MIR
NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) [DBI 1556359, MCB 1616529]; DOEUnited States Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0016317]; NIHUnited States Department of Health \& Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [STTR R41 GM125486]
This work is supported by NSF grants DBI 1556359 and MCB 1616529, DOE grant DE-SC0016317 and NIH STTR R41 GM125486.
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A stationary sample anisotropic terahertz microscopy technique is used to characterize the intramolecular vibrations for lysozyme. Tetragonal and triclinic crystals are compared. We find excellent reproducibility within a single crystal symmetry group. Several resonant bands are present for both symmetry groups, indicating they originate with the intramolecular vibrations and not crystal lattice phonons. Bands become more pronounced and higher frequency resonant bands begin to emerge with slight dehydration.

}, isbn = {978-1-5386-8285-2}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8873722}, author = {McKinney, J. and Deng, Y. T. and Sharma, A. and George, D. K. and Markelz, A. G.} }