Abstract
To theoretically analyze the nuclear quantum effects of protons on two hydrogen bonds around the chromophore (CRO) in the photoactive yellow protein (PYP), we have calculated simple cluster model consisting of CRO, Glu46, and Tyr42 residues in PYP with the multi-component molecular orbital method and multi-component density functional theory, which can take account of quantum fluctuations of light mass particles. The average OO distances between CRO and Glu46 and between CRO and Tyr42 with our methods are shorter than the corresponding equilibrium ones, while the OH distances become longer due to the anharmonicity of the potential. The H/D geometrical isotope effect is also found, that is, the distances between oxygen atoms are elongated by the deuterium substitution, known as Ubbelohde effect.
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