Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetic Relaxometry of Nanoclustered Cytochrome C Proteins

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Main Authors: Lamichhane, Suvechhya, Timalsina, Rupak, Schultz, Cody, Fescenko, Ilja, Ambal, Kapildeb, Liou, Sy-Hwang, Lai, Rebecca Y., Laraoui, Abdelghani
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author Lamichhane, Suvechhya
Timalsina, Rupak
Schultz, Cody
Fescenko, Ilja
Ambal, Kapildeb
Liou, Sy-Hwang
Lai, Rebecca Y.
Laraoui, Abdelghani
author_facet Lamichhane, Suvechhya
Timalsina, Rupak
Schultz, Cody
Fescenko, Ilja
Ambal, Kapildeb
Liou, Sy-Hwang
Lai, Rebecca Y.
Laraoui, Abdelghani
contents Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry offers an alternative tool to detect paramagnetic centers in cells with a favorable combination of magnetic sensitivity and spatial resolution. Here, we employ NV magnetic relaxometry to detect cytochrome C (Cyt-C) nanoclusters. Cyt-C is a water-soluble protein that plays a vital role in the electron transport chain of mitochondria. Under ambient conditions, the heme group in Cyt-C remains in the Fe3+ state, which is paramagnetic. We vary the concentration of Cyt-C from 6 to 54 uM and observe a reduction of the NV spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) from 1.2 ms to 150 us, which is attributed to the spin noise originating from the Fe3+ spins. NV T1 imaging of Cyt-C drop-casted on a nanostructured diamond chip allows us to detect the relaxation rates from the adsorbed Fe3+ within Cyt-C.
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spellingShingle Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetic Relaxometry of Nanoclustered Cytochrome C Proteins
Lamichhane, Suvechhya
Timalsina, Rupak
Schultz, Cody
Fescenko, Ilja
Ambal, Kapildeb
Liou, Sy-Hwang
Lai, Rebecca Y.
Laraoui, Abdelghani
Biological Physics
Quantum Physics
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry offers an alternative tool to detect paramagnetic centers in cells with a favorable combination of magnetic sensitivity and spatial resolution. Here, we employ NV magnetic relaxometry to detect cytochrome C (Cyt-C) nanoclusters. Cyt-C is a water-soluble protein that plays a vital role in the electron transport chain of mitochondria. Under ambient conditions, the heme group in Cyt-C remains in the Fe3+ state, which is paramagnetic. We vary the concentration of Cyt-C from 6 to 54 uM and observe a reduction of the NV spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) from 1.2 ms to 150 us, which is attributed to the spin noise originating from the Fe3+ spins. NV T1 imaging of Cyt-C drop-casted on a nanostructured diamond chip allows us to detect the relaxation rates from the adsorbed Fe3+ within Cyt-C.
title Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetic Relaxometry of Nanoclustered Cytochrome C Proteins
topic Biological Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08605