Revealing the reaction path of UVC bond rupture in cyclic disulfides with ultrafast x-ray scattering
- Lingyu Ma, Wenpeng Du, Haiwang Yong, Brian Stankus, Jennifer M. Ruddock, Andrés Moreno Carrascosa, Nathan Goff, Yu Chang, Nikola Zotev, Darren Bellshaw, Thomas J. Lane, Mengning Liang, Sébastien Boutet, Sergio Carbajo, Joseph S. Robinson, Jason E. Koglin, Michael P. Minitti, Adam Kirrander, Theis I. Sølling, and Peter M. Weber
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Disulfide bonds are ubiquitous molecular motifs that influence the tertiary structure and biological functions of many proteins. Yet, it is well known that the disulfide bond is photolabile when exposed to ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation…
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Monitoring the Evolution of Relative Product Populations at Early Times during a Photochemical Reaction
Identifying multiple rival reaction products and transient species formed during ultrafast photochemical reactions and determining their time-evolving relative populations are key steps toward understanding and predicting photochemical outcomes. Yet, most contemporary ultrafast studies struggle with clearly identifying and quantifying competing molecular structures/species among the emerging reaction products…
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