{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Khakurel KP"],"funding":["Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences","Agent?ra na Podporu V?skumu a V?voja","Nemzeti Kutat?si Fejleszt?si ?s Innov?ci?s Hivatal","Grantov? Agentura Cesk? Republiky","Vedeck? Grantov? Agent?ra M?VVa? SR a SAV"],"pagination":["3731-3739"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12010331"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["129(15)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase (FCC) is an important enzyme of sulfur metabolism in sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and its catalytic properties have been extensively studied. However, the ultrafast dynamics of FCC is not well understood. We present ultrafast transient absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy measurements to unravel the early events upon excitation of the heme and flavin chromophores embedded in the flavocytochrome c (FccAB) from the bacterium <i>Thiocapsa roseopersicina</i>. The fluorescence kinetics of FccAB suggests that the majority of the photoexcited species decay nonradiatively within the first few picoseconds. Transient absorption spectroscopy supports these findings by suggesting two major dynamic processes in FccAB, internal conversion occurring in about 400 fs and the vibrational cooling occurring in about 4 ps, mostly affecting the heme moiety."],"journal":["The journal of physical chemistry. B"],"pubmed_title":["Ultrafast Dynamics in Flavocytochrome C by Using Transient Absorption and Femtosecond Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy."],"pmcid":["PMC12010331"],"funding_grant_id":["APVV-23-0212","24-11819S","TKP2021-EGA-17","VEGA 1/0024/22","RVO 86652036"],"pubmed_authors":["Dostal J","Fuertes G","Andreasson J","Paragi G","Kloz M","Zoldak G","Toth A","Khakurel KP","Sipos A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ultrafast Dynamics in Flavocytochrome C by Using Transient Absorption and Femtosecond Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy.","description":"Flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase (FCC) is an important enzyme of sulfur metabolism in sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and its catalytic properties have been extensively studied. However, the ultrafast dynamics of FCC is not well understood. We present ultrafast transient absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy measurements to unravel the early events upon excitation of the heme and flavin chromophores embedded in the flavocytochrome c (FccAB) from the bacterium <i>Thiocapsa roseopersicina</i>. The fluorescence kinetics of FccAB suggests that the majority of the photoexcited species decay nonradiatively within the first few picoseconds. Transient absorption spectroscopy supports these findings by suggesting two major dynamic processes in FccAB, internal conversion occurring in about 400 fs and the vibrational cooling occurring in about 4 ps, mostly affecting the heme moiety.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Apr","modification":"2025-07-07T03:10:04.817Z","creation":"2025-07-07T03:10:04.817Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12010331","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40199724"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c05496"]}}