The computational prediction of Raman and ROA spectra of charged histidine tautomers in aqueous solution

Histidine is a key component of a number of enzymatic mechanisms, and undertakes a myriad of functionalities in biochemical systems. Its computational modelling can be problematic, as its capacity to take on a number of distinct formal charge states, and tautomers thereof, is difficult to capture by conventional techniques. We demonstrate a means for recovering the experimental Raman optical activity (ROA) spectra of histidine to a high degree...