Metal Site Structure in a Protein Studied by Differential Perturbed Angular Correlations

Abstract
A static quadrupole interaction has been determined for the 247-keV state of Cd111 bound to the active site of human carbonic anhydrase B. The rotational diffusion was slowed down by dissolving the enzyme in a 46% sucrose solution at 22°C. The result yields two different frequencies and asymmetries, indicating either two forms of the enzyme or an additional site for Cd.