A DFT study of the 67Zn, 14N and 2H electric field gradient tensors in Zinc(II)4-MeIm complexes and extrapolation to superoxide dismutase
A computational investigation was carried out to characterize the 14N and 2H electric field gradient, EFG, in four protonated forms of 4-methyl imidazole (4-MeIm) and Histidine. In an attempt to establish metal binding effect in biological systems, we have considered the various forms of zinc (II) complexes of 4-MeIm. The computations were performed at the B3LYP and PW91P86 levels with 6-311++G(d,P) standard basis set. Calculated EFG tensors were used to determine 14N and 2H nuclear quadrupole coupling constant, ? and asymmetry parameter, ?. The results show that Zn2+ has a strong effect on the NQR parameters (?, ?) of proximal nitrogen in contrast with the remote nitrogen. In addition, EFG tensors at the Zn nuclear site were calculated for Zn4-MeIm complexes and estimated the ? and ? values of 67Zn. The influence of the bulk solvent was investigated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level using the polarizable continuum model. Finally, we predicted (?=1.95MHz, ?=0.84) for proximal nitrogen, (?=2.38MHz, ?=0.07) for remote nitrogen and (?=1.28MHz, ?=0.22) for Zn in superoxide dismutase.
dft superoxide dismutase 4-methyl imidazole nqr parameters metalligand interactions