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Anion- interactions in flavoproteins involve a substantial charge-transfer component
AnionâÏ interactions have been shown to stabilize flavoproteins and to regulate the redox potential of the flavin cofactor. They are commonly attributed to electrostatic forces. Herein we show that anionâflavin interactions can have a substantial charge-transfer component. Our conclusion emanates from a multi-approach theoretical analysis and is backed by previously reported observations of absorption bands, originating from charge transfer between oxidized flavin and proximate cysteine thiolate groups. This partial covalency of anionâflavin contacts renders classical simulations of flavoproteins questionable
Quantum Chemical Topology Study of the Water-Platinum(II) Interaction
The âinverse hydrationâ of neutral complexes
of PtÂ(II) by an axial water molecule, whose one OH-bond is oriented
toward Pt, has been the subject of recent works, theoretical as well
as experimental. To study the influence of the ligands on this non-conventional
H-bond, we extend here our previous energy calculations, using the
second-order MoellerâPlesset perturbation theory (MP2) method
together with the DolgâPeÌlissier pseudopotential for
platinum, to various neutral complexes including the well-known chemotherapeutic
agent âcisplatinâ. The stabilization energy, depending
on the nature and the configuration of platinum ligands, is dominated
by the same important dispersive component, for all the investigated
complexes. For a further characterization of this particular H-bond,
we used the atoms in molecules theory (AIM) and the topological analysis
of the electron localization function (ELF). The charge transfer occurring
from the complex to the water molecule and the Laplacian of the density
at the bond critical point between water and Pt are identified as
interesting AIM descriptors of this non-conventional H-bond. Beyond
this AIM analysis, we show that the polarization of the ELF bonding
OâH basin involved in the non-conventional H-bond is enhanced
during the approach of the water molecule to the Pt complexes. When
the water medium, treated in an implicit solvation model, is taken
into account, the interaction energies become independent on the nature
and configuration of platinum ligands. However, the topological descriptors
remain qualitatively unchanged