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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Raman spectra of SOR crystals. After reaction with H[2]O[2], the E114A SOR mutant reveals bands at 567 cm^–1 and 838 cm^–1, which are isotopically shifted to 563 cm^–1 and 802 cm^–1 in the presence of H ^18[2]O[2] (vertical gray lines). Similar Raman bands and ^18O isotopic shifts are observed in solution experiments (fig. S2). E114A-SOR in the native reduced form does not exhibit these bands; neither do crystals oxidized by hexachloroiridate(IV). The peaks at 567 cm^–1 and 838 cm^–1 are not substantially affected by exposure to an x-ray dose of 3 x 10^5 Gy, which is about the same dose as used for data collection.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2007, 316, 449-453) copyright 2007.