Photophysics of horse heart cytochrome c: time-resolved resonance Raman and transient absorption studies

Simona Cianetti (1) , Sergei G. Kruglik (1) , Michel Négrerie (1) , Jean-Louis Martin (1) , Marten H. Vos (1)

1 LOB - Laboratoire d'optique et biosciences

Transient resonant Raman studies with 0.6 ps time resolution demonstrate that the methionine is photodissociated from ferrous, but not from ferric cytochrome c. Heme cooling and ligand recombination occur in 1.8 and 5 ps respectively. © 2004 Optical Society of America

Simona Cianetti, Sergei G. Kruglik, Michel Négrerie, Jean-Louis Martin, Marten H. Vos. Photophysics of horse heart cytochrome c: time-resolved resonance Raman and transient absorption studies. 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, Jul 2004, Niigata, JAPAN, Japan. pp.ThD28. ⟨hal-00844509⟩