Enhancement of ligand binding to myoglobin by far-infrared excitation from a free-electron laser Article

Gerstman, B, Roberson, M, Austin, R. (1989). Enhancement of ligand binding to myoglobin by far-infrared excitation from a free-electron laser . JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 6(5), 1050-1057. 10.1364/JOSAB.6.001050

cited authors

  • Gerstman, B; Roberson, M; Austin, R

authors

abstract

  • We summarize the theoretical reasons for believing that far-infrared radiation in the 5-100-cm'−1 range can influence ligand recombination in heme proteins. We explicitly use the nonadiabatic model to discuss both electronic and vibrational matrix elements. We present the results of our experiment carried on at the University of California, Santa Barbara, free-electron laser in which we observed a modification of the recombination of carbon monoxide with myoglobin at low temperatures due to 50.5-cm−1 irradiation. © 1989, Optical Society of America.

publication date

  • January 1, 1989

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start page

  • 1050

end page

  • 1057

volume

  • 6

issue

  • 5