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Kouyama T, Ihara K. Existence of two substates in the O intermediate of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183998. [PMID: 35753392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The proton pumping cycle of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is initiated when the retinal chromophore with the 13-trans configuration is photo-isomerized into the 13-cis configuration. To understand the recovery processes of the initial retinal configuration that occur in the late stage of the photocycle, we have performed a comprehensive analysis of absorption kinetics data collected at various pH levels and at different salt concentrations. The result of analysis revealed the following features of the late stages of the trans photocycle. i) Two substates occur in the O intermediate. ii) The visible absorption band of the first substate (O1) appears at a much shorter wavelength than that of the late substate (O2). iii) O1 is in rapid equilibrium with the preceding state (N), but O1 becomes less stable than N when an ionizable residue (X1) with a pKa value of 6.5 (in 2 M KCl) is deprotonated. iv) At a low pH and at a low salt concentration, the decay time constant of O2 is longer than those of the preceding states, but the relationship between these time constants is altered when the medium pH or the salt concentration is increased. On the basis of the present observations and previous studies on the structure of the chromophore in O, we suspect that the retinal chromophore in O1 takes on a distorted 13-cis configuration and the O1-to-O2 transition is accompanied by cis-to-trans isomerization about C13C14 bond.
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- Tsutomu Kouyama
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Kim YS, Kato HE, Yamashita K, Ito S, Inoue K, Ramakrishnan C, Fenno LE, Evans KE, Paggi JM, Dror RO, Kandori H, Kobilka BK, Deisseroth K. Crystal structure of the natural anion-conducting channelrhodopsin GtACR1. Nature 2018; 561:343-348. [PMID: 30158696 PMCID: PMC6340299 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0511-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The naturally occurring channelrhodopsin variant anion channelrhodopsin-1 (ACR1), discovered in the cryptophyte algae Guillardia theta, exhibits large light-gated anion conductance and high anion selectivity when expressed in heterologous settings, properties that support its use as an optogenetic tool to inhibit neuronal firing with light. However, molecular insight into ACR1 is lacking owing to the absence of structural information underlying light-gated anion conductance. Here we present the crystal structure of G. theta ACR1 at 2.9 Å resolution. The structure reveals unusual architectural features that span the extracellular domain, retinal-binding pocket, Schiff-base region, and anion-conduction pathway. Together with electrophysiological and spectroscopic analyses, these findings reveal the fundamental molecular basis of naturally occurring light-gated anion conductance, and provide a framework for designing the next generation of optogenetic tools.
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- Yoon Seok Kim
- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Engelhard C, Chizhov I, Siebert F, Engelhard M. Microbial Halorhodopsins: Light-Driven Chloride Pumps. Chem Rev 2018; 118:10629-10645. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, OE8830 Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Zellforschung, Sektion Biophysik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herderstr. 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Otto Hahn Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Chan SK, Kitajima-Ihara T, Fujii R, Gotoh T, Murakami M, Ihara K, Kouyama T. Crystal structure of Cruxrhodopsin-3 from Haloarcula vallismortis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108362. [PMID: 25268964 PMCID: PMC4182453 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cruxrhodopsin-3 (cR3), a retinylidene protein found in the claret membrane of Haloarcula vallismortis, functions as a light-driven proton pump. In this study, the membrane fusion method was applied to crystallize cR3 into a crystal belonging to space group P321. Diffraction data at 2.1 Å resolution show that cR3 forms a trimeric assembly with bacterioruberin bound to the crevice between neighboring subunits. Although the structure of the proton-release pathway is conserved among proton-pumping archaeal rhodopsins, cR3 possesses the following peculiar structural features: 1) The DE loop is long enough to interact with a neighboring subunit, strengthening the trimeric assembly; 2) Three positive charges are distributed at the cytoplasmic end of helix F, affecting the higher order structure of cR3; 3) The cytoplasmic vicinity of retinal is more rigid in cR3 than in bacteriorhodopsin, affecting the early reaction step in the proton-pumping cycle; 4) the cytoplasmic part of helix E is greatly bent, influencing the proton uptake process. Meanwhile, it was observed that the photobleaching of retinal, which scarcely occurred in the membrane state, became significant when the trimeric assembly of cR3 was dissociated into monomers in the presence of an excess amount of detergent. On the basis of these observations, we discuss structural factors affecting the photostabilities of ion-pumping rhodopsins.
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- Siu Kit Chan
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- RIKEN Harima Institute/SPring-8, Mikazuki, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
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Ernst OP, Lodowski DT, Elstner M, Hegemann P, Brown L, Kandori H. Microbial and animal rhodopsins: structures, functions, and molecular mechanisms. Chem Rev 2014; 114:126-63. [PMID: 24364740 PMCID: PMC3979449 DOI: 10.1021/cr4003769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 785] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Oliver P. Ernst
- Departments
of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Center
for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case
Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Kaiserstrasse
12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Biology, Experimental Biophysics, Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse
42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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S. Brown
- Department
of Physics and Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department
of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute
of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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Chu LK, El-Sayed MA. Kinetics of the M-Intermediate in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin upon Chemical Modification with Surfactants. Photochem Photobiol 2010; 86:316-23. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lórenz-Fonfría VA, Kandori H. Spectroscopic and Kinetic Evidence on How Bacteriorhodopsin Accomplishes Vectorial Proton Transport under Functional Conditions. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:5891-901. [DOI: 10.1021/ja900334c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Víctor A. Lórenz-Fonfría
- Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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Brown MF, Heyn MP, Job C, Kim S, Moltke S, Nakanishi K, Nevzorov AA, Struts AV, Salgado GFJ, Wallat I. Solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy of retinal proteins in aligned membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1768:2979-3000. [PMID: 18021739 PMCID: PMC5233718 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy gives a powerful avenue to investigating the structures of ligands and cofactors bound to integral membrane proteins. For bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and rhodopsin, retinal was site-specifically labeled by deuteration of the methyl groups followed by regeneration of the apoprotein. 2H NMR studies of aligned membrane samples were conducted under conditions where rotational and translational diffusion of the protein were absent on the NMR time scale. The theoretical lineshape treatment involved a static axial distribution of rotating C-C2H3 groups about the local membrane frame, together with the static axial distribution of the local normal relative to the average normal. Simulation of solid-state 2H NMR lineshapes gave both the methyl group orientations and the alignment disorder (mosaic spread) of the membrane stack. The methyl bond orientations provided the angular restraints for structural analysis. In the case of bR the retinal chromophore is nearly planar in the dark- and all-trans light-adapted states, as well upon isomerization to 13-cis in the M state. The C13-methyl group at the "business end" of the chromophore changes its orientation to the membrane upon photon absorption, moving towards W182 and thus driving the proton pump in energy conservation. Moreover, rhodopsin was studied as a prototype for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) implicated in many biological responses in humans. In contrast to bR, the retinal chromophore of rhodopsin has an 11-cis conformation and is highly twisted in the dark state. Three sites of interaction affect the torsional deformation of retinal, viz. the protonated Schiff base with its carboxylate counterion; the C9-methyl group of the polyene; and the beta-ionone ring within its hydrophobic pocket. For rhodopsin, the strain energy and dynamics of retinal as established by 2H NMR are implicated in substituent control of activation. Retinal is locked in a conformation that is twisted in the direction of the photoisomerization, which explains the dark stability of rhodopsin and allows for ultra-fast isomerization upon absorption of a photon. Torsional strain is relaxed in the meta I state that precedes subsequent receptor activation. Comparison of the two retinal proteins using solid-state 2H NMR is thus illuminating in terms of their different biological functions.
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- Michael F Brown
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Lanyi JK. Studies of the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle without the Use of Light: Clues to Proton Transfer Coupled Reactions. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 12:210-7. [PMID: 17587869 DOI: 10.1159/000099642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In the photochemical cycle of bacteriorhodopsin, the light-driven proton pump of halobacteria, only the first step, the isomerization of the all-trans retinal to 13-cis, is dependent on illumination. Because the steps that accomplish the translocation of a proton during the ensuing reaction sequence of intermediate states are thermal reactions, they have direct analogies with such steps in other ion pumps. In a surprisingly large number of cases, the reactions of the photocycle could be studied without using light. This review recounts experiments of this kind, and what they contribute to understanding the transport mechanism of this pump, and perhaps indirectly other ion pumps as well.
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- Janos K Lanyi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4560, USA.
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Balashov SP, Ebrey TG. Trapping and Spectroscopic Identification of the Photointermediates of Bacteriorhodopsin at Low Temperatures¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0730453tasiot2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lanyi JK, Schobert B. Structural changes in the L photointermediate of bacteriorhodopsin. J Mol Biol 2006; 365:1379-92. [PMID: 17141271 PMCID: PMC1851893 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The L to M reaction of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle includes the crucial proton transfer from the retinal Schiff base to Asp85. In spite of the importance of the L state in deciding central issues of the transport mechanism in this pump, the serious disagreements among the three published crystallographic structures of L have remained unresolved. Here, we report on the X-ray diffraction structure of the L state, to 1.53-1.73 A resolutions, from replicate data sets collected from six independent crystals. Unlike earlier studies, the partial occupancy refinement uses diffraction intensities from the same crystals before and after the illumination to produce the trapped L state. The high reproducibility of inter-atomic distances, and bond angles and torsions of the retinal, lends credibility to the structural model. The photoisomerized 13-cis retinal in L is twisted at the C(13)=C(14) and C(15)=NZ double-bonds, and the Schiff base does not lose its connection to Wat402 and, therefore, to the proton acceptor Asp85. The protonation of Asp85 by the Schiff base in the L-->M reaction is likely to occur, therefore, via Wat402. It is evident from the structure of the L state that various conformational changes involving hydrogen-bonding residues and bound water molecules begin to propagate from the retinal to the protein at this stage already, and in both extracellular and cytoplasmic directions. Their rationales in the transport can be deduced from the way their amplitudes increase in the intermediates that follow L in the reaction cycle, and from the proton transfer reactions with which they are associated.
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- Janos K Lanyi
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Grudinin S, Büldt G, Gordeliy V, Baumgaertner A. Water molecules and hydrogen-bonded networks in bacteriorhodopsin--molecular dynamics simulations of the ground state and the M-intermediate. Biophys J 2005; 88:3252-61. [PMID: 15731388 PMCID: PMC1305474 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein crystallography provides the structure of a protein, averaged over all elementary cells during data collection time. Thus, it has only a limited access to diffusive processes. This article demonstrates how molecular dynamics simulations can elucidate structure-function relationships in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) involving water molecules. The spatial distribution of water molecules and their corresponding hydrogen-bonded networks inside bR in its ground state (G) and late M intermediate conformations were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations reveal a much higher average number of internal water molecules per monomer (28 in the G and 36 in the M) than observed in crystal structures (18 and 22, respectively). We found nine water molecules trapped and 19 diffusive inside the G-monomer, and 13 trapped and 23 diffusive inside the M-monomer. The exchange of a set of diffusive internal water molecules follows an exponential decay with a 1/e time in the order of 340 ps for the G state and 460 ps for the M state. The average residence time of a diffusive water molecule inside the protein is approximately 95 ps for the G state and 110 ps for the M state. We have used the Grotthuss model to describe the possible proton transport through the hydrogen-bonded networks inside the protein, which is built up in the picosecond-to-nanosecond time domains. Comparing the water distribution and hydrogen-bonded networks of the two different states, we suggest possible pathways for proton hopping and water movement inside bR.
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- Sergei Grudinin
- Institute for Structural Biology (IBI-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Takeda K, Matsui Y, Kamiya N, Adachi SI, Okumura H, Kouyama T. Crystal structure of the M intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin: allosteric structural changes mediated by sliding movement of a transmembrane helix. J Mol Biol 2004; 341:1023-37. [PMID: 15328615 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Structural changes in the proton pumping cycle of wild-type bacteriorhodopsin were investigated by using a 3D crystal (space group P622)prepared by the membrane fusion method. Protein-protein contacts in the crystal elongate the lifetime of the M intermediate by a factor of approximately 100,allowing high levels of the M intermediate to accumulate under continuous illumination. When the M intermediate generated at room temperature was exposed to a low flux of X-rays (approximately 10(14) photons/mm2), this yellow intermediate was converted into a blue species having an absorption maximum at 650 nm. This color change is suggested to accompany a configuration change in the retinal-Lys216 chain. The true conformational change associated with formation of the M intermediate was analyzed by taking the X-radiation-induced structural change into account. Our result indicates that, upon formation of the M intermediate, helix G move stowards the extra-cellular side by, on average, 0.5 angstroms. This movement is coupled with several reactions occurring at distal sites in the protein: (1) reorientation of the side-chain of Leu93 contacting the C13 methyl group of retinal, which is accompanied by detachment of a water molecule from the Schiff base; (2) a significant distortion in the F-G loop, triggering destruction of a hydrogen bonding interaction between a pair of glutamate groups (Glu194 and Glu204); (3) formation of a salt bridge between the carboxylate group of Glu204 and the guanidinium ion of Arg82, which is accompanied by a large distortion in the extra-cellular half of helix C; (4)noticeable movements of the AB loop and the cytoplasmic end of helix B. But, no appreciable change is induced in the peptide backbone of helices A,D, E and F. These structural changes are discussed from the viewpoint of translocation of water molecules.
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- Kazuki Takeda
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Recent crystallographic structures of three different ion pumps provide a first view of the mechanisms by which these molecular machines transfer ions across cell membranes against an electrochemical gradient. Each of the structures reinforces the concept that several buried counter ions have central roles in substrate recruitment, substrate binding and energy transduction during ion pumping. The spatial organization of the counter ions suggests that, initially, one or more counter ions lowers the Born energy cost of binding a substrate ion in the low-dielectric interior of the membrane. Subsequently, a ligand-induced conformational change seems to close a charged access gate to prevent backflow from a subsequent, low-affinity state of the pump. A final role of the buried counter ions might be to couple the input of external energy to a small charge separation between the substrate ion and the buried counter ions, thereby decreasing the binding affinity for the substrate ion in preparation for its release on the high-energy side of the membrane.
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- Marc T Facciotti
- Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
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Facciotti MT, Rouhani S, Glaeser RM. Crystal structures of bR(D85S) favor a model of bacteriorhodopsin as a hydroxyl-ion pump. FEBS Lett 2004; 564:301-6. [PMID: 15111113 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00208-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Accepted: 02/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Structural features on the extracellular side of the D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) suggest that wild-type bR could be a hydroxyl-ion pump. A position between the protonated Schiff base and residue 85 serves as an anion-binding site in the mutant protein, and hydroxyl ions should have access to this site during the O-intermediate of the wild-type bR photocycle. The guanidinium group of R82 is proposed (1) to serve as a shuttle that eliminates the Born energy penalty for entry of an anion into this binding pocket, and conversely, (2) to block the exit of a proton or a related proton carrier.
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- Marc T Facciotti
- Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
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Cartailler JP, Luecke H. X-ray crystallographic analysis of lipid-protein interactions in the bacteriorhodopsin purple membrane. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2003; 32:285-310. [PMID: 12598369 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.32.110601.142516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The past decade has witnessed increasingly detailed insights into the structural mechanism of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. Concurrently, there has been much progress within our knowledge pertaining to the lipids of the purple membrane, including the discovery of new lipids and the overall effort to localize and identify each lipid within the purple membrane. Therefore, there is a need to classify this information to generalize the findings. We discuss the properties and roles of haloarchaeal lipids and present the structural data as individual case studies. Lipid-protein interactions are discussed in the context of structure-function relationships. A brief discussion of the possibility that bacteriorhodopsin functions as a light-driven inward hydroxide pump rather than an outward proton pump is also presented.
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- Jean-Philippe Cartailler
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA
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Facciotti MT, Cheung VS, Nguyen D, Rouhani S, Glaeser RM. Crystal structure of the bromide-bound D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin: principles of ion pumping. Biophys J 2003; 85:451-8. [PMID: 12829500 PMCID: PMC1303101 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)74490-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report the crystal structure of a bromide-bound form of the D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin, bR(D85S), a protein that uses light energy rather than ATP to pump halide ions across the cell membrane. Comparison of the structure of the halide-bound and halide-free states reveals that both displacements of individual side-chain positions and concerted helical movements occur on the extracellular side of the protein. Analysis of these structural changes reveals how this ion pump first facilitates ion uptake deep within the cell membrane and then prevents the backward escape of ions later in the pumping cycle. Together with the information provided by structures of intermediate states in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle, this study also suggests the overall design principles that are necessary for ion pumping.
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- Marc T Facciotti
- Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Klink BU, Winter R, Engelhard M, Chizhov I. Pressure dependence of the photocycle kinetics of bacteriorhodopsin. Biophys J 2002; 83:3490-8. [PMID: 12496115 PMCID: PMC1302423 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75348-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The pressure dependence of the photocycle kinetics of bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarium was investigated at pressures up to 4 kbar at 25 degrees C and 40 degrees C. The kinetics can be adequately modeled by nine apparent rate constants, which are assigned to irreversible transitions of a single relaxation chain of nine kinetically distinguishable states P(1) to P(9). All states except P(1) and P(9) consist of two or more spectral components. The kinetic states P(2) to P(6) comprise only the two fast equilibrating spectral states L and M. From the pressure dependence, the volume differences DeltaV(o)(LM) between these two spectral states could be determined that range from DeltaV(o)(LM) = -11.4 +/- 0.7 ml/mol (P(2)) to DeltaV(o)(LM) = 14.6 +/- 2.8 mL/mol (P(6)). A model is developed that explains the dependence of DeltaV(o)(LM) on the kinetic state by the electrostriction effect of charges, which are formed and neutralized during the L/M transition.
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- B U Klink
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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Sakmar TP, Menon ST, Marin EP, Awad ES. Rhodopsin: insights from recent structural studies. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2002; 31:443-84. [PMID: 11988478 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.31.082901.134348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The recent report of the crystal structure of rhodopsin provides insights concerning structure-activity relationships in visual pigments and related G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The seven transmembrane helices of rhodopsin are interrupted or kinked at multiple sites. An extensive network of interhelical interactions stabilizes the ground state of the receptor. The ligand-binding pocket of rhodopsin is remarkably compact, and several chromophore-protein interactions were not predicted from mutagenesis or spectroscopic studies. The helix movement model of receptor activation, which likely applies to all GPCRs of the rhodopsin family, is supported by several structural elements that suggest how light-induced conformational changes in the ligand-binding pocket are transmitted to the cytoplasmic surface. The cytoplasmic domain of the receptor includes a helical domain extending from the seventh transmembrane segment parallel to the bilayer surface. The cytoplasmic surface appears to be approximately large enough to bind to the transducin heterotrimer in a one-to-one complex. The structural basis for several unique biophysical properties of rhodopsin, including its extremely low dark noise level and high quantum efficiency, can now be addressed using a combination of structural biology and various spectroscopic methods. Future high-resolution structural studies of rhodopsin and other GPCRs will form the basis to elucidate the detailed molecular mechanism of GPCR-mediated signal transduction.
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- Thomas P Sakmar
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Herzfeld J, Lansing JC. Magnetic resonance studies of the bacteriorhodopsin pump cycle. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2002; 31:73-95. [PMID: 11988463 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.31.082901.134233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Active transport requires the alternation of substrate uptake and release with a switch in the access of the substrate binding site to the two sides of the membrane. Both the transfer and switch aspects of the photocycle have been subjects of magnetic resonance studies in bacteriorhodopsin. The results for ion transfer indicate that the Schiff base of the chromophore is hydrogen bonded before, during, and after its deprotonation. This suggests that the initial complex counterion of the Schiff base decomposes in such a way that the Schiff base carries its immediate hydrogen-bonding partner with it as it rotates during the first half of the photocycle. If so, bacteriorhodopsin acts as an inward-directed hydroxide pump rather than as an outward-directed proton pump. The studies of the access switch explore both protein-based and chromophore-based mechanisms. Combined with evidence from functional studies of mutants and other forms of spectroscopy, the results suggest that maintaining access to the extracellular side of the protein after photoisomerization involves twisting of the chromophore and that the decisive switch in access to the cytoplasmic side results from relaxation of the chromophore when the constraints on the Schiff base are released by decomposition of the complex counterion.
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- Judith Herzfeld
- Department of Chemistry and Keck Institute for Cellular Visualization, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA.
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Hatcher ME, Hu JG, Belenky M, Verdegem P, Lugtenburg J, Griffin RG, Herzfeld J. Control of the pump cycle in bacteriorhodopsin: mechanisms elucidated by solid-state NMR of the D85N mutant. Biophys J 2002; 82:1017-29. [PMID: 11806941 PMCID: PMC1301908 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75461-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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By varying the pH, the D85N mutant of bacteriorhodopsin provides models for several photocycle intermediates of the wild-type protein in which D85 is protonated. At pH 10.8, NMR spectra of [zeta-(15)N]lys-, [12-(13)C]retinal-, and [14,15-(13)C]retinal-labeled D85N samples indicate a deprotonated, 13-cis,15-anti chromophore. On the other hand, at neutral pH, the NMR spectra of D85N show a mixture of protonated Schiff base species similar to that seen in the wild-type protein at low pH, and more complex than the two-state mixture of 13-cis,15-syn, and all-trans isomers found in the dark-adapted wild-type protein. These results lead to several conclusions. First, the reversible titration of order in the D85N chromophore indicates that electrostatic interactions have a major influence on events in the active site. More specifically, whereas a straight chromophore is preferred when the Schiff base and residue 85 are oppositely charged, a bent chromophore is found when both the Schiff base and residue 85 are electrically neutral, even in the dark. Thus a "bent" binding pocket is formed without photoisomerization of the chromophore. On the other hand, when photoisomerization from the straight all-trans,15-anti configuration to the bent 13-cis,15-anti does occur, reciprocal thermodynamic linkage dictates that neutralization of the SB and D85 (by proton transfer from the former to the latter) will result. Second, the similarity between the chromophore chemical shifts in D85N at alkaline pH and those found previously in the M(n) intermediate of the wild-type protein indicate that the latter has a thoroughly relaxed chromophore like the subsequent N intermediate. By comparison, indications of L-like distortion are found for the chromophore of the M(o) state. Thus, chromophore strain is released in the M(o)-->M(n) transition, probably coincident with, and perhaps instrumental to, the change in the connectivity of the Schiff base from the extracellular side of the membrane to the cytoplasmic side. Because the nitrogen chemical shifts of the Schiff base indicate interaction with a hydrogen-bond donor in both M states, it is possible that a water molecule travels with the Schiff base as it switches connectivity. If so, the protein is acting as an inward-driven hydroxyl pump (analogous to halorhodopsin) rather than an outward-driven proton pump. Third, the presence of a significant C [double bond] N syn component in D85N at neutral pH suggests that rapid deprotonation of D85 is necessary at the end of the wild-type photocycle to avoid the generation of nonfunctional C [double bond] N syn species.
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- Mary E Hatcher
- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham Massachusetts 02454, USA
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Facciotti MT, Rouhani S, Burkard FT, Betancourt FM, Downing KH, Rose RB, McDermott G, Glaeser RM. Structure of an early intermediate in the M-state phase of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. Biophys J 2001; 81:3442-55. [PMID: 11721006 PMCID: PMC1301800 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75976-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The structure of an early M-intermediate of the wild-type bacteriorhodopsin photocycle formed by actinic illumination at 230 K has been determined by x-ray crystallography to a resolution of 2.0 A. Three-dimensional crystals were trapped by illuminating with actinic light at 230 K, followed by quenching in liquid nitrogen. Amide I, amide II, and other infrared absorption bands, recorded from single bacteriorhodopsin crystals, confirm that the M-substate formed represents a structure that occurs early after deprotonation of the Schiff base. Rotation about the retinal C13-C14 double bond appears to be complete, but a relatively large torsion angle of 26 degrees is still seen for the C14-C15 bond. The intramolecular stress associated with the isomerization of retinal and the subsequent deprotonation of the Schiff base generates numerous small but experimentally measurable structural changes within the protein. Many of the residues that are displaced during the formation of the late M (M(N)) substate formed by three-dimensional crystals of the D96N mutant (Luecke et al., 1999b) are positioned, in early M, between their resting-state locations and the ones which they will adopt at the end of the M phase. The relatively small magnitude of atomic displacements observed in this intermediate, and the well-defined positions adopted by nearly all of the atoms in the structure, may make the formation of this structure favorable to model (simulate) by molecular dynamics.
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- M T Facciotti
- Graduate Group in Biophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Groma GI, Kelemen L, Kulcsár A, Lakatos M, Váró G. Photocycle of dried acid purple form of bacteriorhodopsin. Biophys J 2001; 81:3432-41. [PMID: 11721005 PMCID: PMC1301799 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75975-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The photocycle of dried bacteriorhodopsin, pretreated in a 0.3 M HCl solution, was studied. Some properties of this dried sample resemble that of the acid purple suspension: the retinal conformation is mostly all-trans, 15-anti form, the spectrum of the sample is blue-shifted by 5 nm to 560 nm, and it has a truncated photocycle. After photoexcitation, a K-like red-shifted intermediate appears, which decays to the ground state through several intermediates with spectra between the K and the ground state. There are no other bacteriorhodopsin-like intermediates (L, M, N, O) present in the photocycle. The K to K' transition proceeds with an enthalpy decrease, whereas during all the following steps, the entropic energy of the system decreases. The electric response signal of the oriented sample has only negative components, which relaxes to zero. These suggest that the steps after intermediate K represent a relaxation process, during which the absorbed energy is dissipated and the protein returns to its original ground state. The initial charge separation on the retinal is followed by limited charge rearrangements in the protein, and later, all these relax. The decay times of the intermediates are strongly influenced by the humidity of the sample. Double-flash experiments proved that all the intermediates are directly driven back to the ground state. The study of the dried acid purple samples could help in understanding the fast primary processes of the protein function. It may also have importance in technical applications.
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- G I Groma
- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged H-6701, Hungary
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Rouhani S, Cartailler JP, Facciotti MT, Walian P, Needleman R, Lanyi JK, Glaeser RM, Luecke H. Crystal structure of the D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin: model of an O-like photocycle intermediate. J Mol Biol 2001; 313:615-28. [PMID: 11676543 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Crystal structures are reported for the D85S and D85S/F219L mutants of the light-driven proton/hydroxyl-pump bacteriorhodopsin. These mutants crystallize in the orthorhombic C222(1) spacegroup, and provide the first demonstration that monoolein-based cubic lipid phase crystallization can support the growth of well-diffracting crystals in non-hexagonal spacegroups. Both structures exhibit similar and substantial differences relative to wild-type bacteriorhodopsin, suggesting that they represent inherent features resulting from neutralization of the Schiff base counterion Asp85. We argue that these structures provide a model for the last photocycle intermediate (O) of bacteriorhodopsin, in which Asp85 is protonated, the proton release group is deprotonated, and the retinal has reisomerized to all-trans. Unlike for the M and N photointermediates, where structural changes occur mainly on the cytoplasmic side, here the large-scale changes are confined to the extracellular side. As in the M intermediate, the side-chain of Arg82 is in a downward configuration, and in addition, a pi-cloud hydrogen bond forms between Trp189 NE1 and Trp138. On the cytoplasmic side, there is increased hydration near the surface, suggesting how Asp96 might communicate with the bulk during the rise of the O intermediate.
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- S Rouhani
- Life Sciences Division, Donner Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Balashov SP, Ebrey TG. Trapping and Spectroscopic Identification of the Photointermediates of Bacteriorhodopsin at Low Temperatures¶. Photochem Photobiol 2001; 73:453-62. [PMID: 11367564 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)073<0453:tasiot>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Light-driven transmembrane proton pumping by bacteriorhodopsin occurs in the photochemical cycle, which includes a number of spectroscopically identifiable intermediates. The development of methods to crystallize bacteriorhodopsin have allowed it to be studied with high-resolution X-ray diffraction, opening the possibility to advance substantially our knowledge of the structure and mechanism of this light-driven proton pump. A key step is to obtain the structures of the intermediate states formed during the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin. One difficulty in these studies is how to trap selectively the intermediates at low temperatures and determine quantitatively their amounts in a photosteady state. In this paper we review the procedures for trapping the K, L, M and N intermediates of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle and describe the difference absorption spectra accompanying the transformation of the all-trans-bacteriorhodopsin into each intermediate. This provides the means for quantitative analysis of the light-induced mixtures of different intermediates produced by illumination of the pigment at low temperatures.
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- S P Balashov
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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