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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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Gong Y. The evolving capabilities of rhodopsin-based genetically encoded voltage indicators. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 27:84-9. [PMID: 26143170 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Protein engineering over the past four years has made rhodopsin-based genetically encoded voltage indicators a leading candidate to achieve the task of reporting action potentials from a population of genetically targeted neurons in vivo. Rational design and large-scale screening efforts have steadily improved the dynamic range and kinetics of the rhodopsin voltage-sensing domain, and coupling these rhodopsins to bright fluorescent proteins has supported bright fluorescence readout of the large and rapid rhodopsin voltage response. The rhodopsin-fluorescent protein fusions have the highest achieved signal-to-noise ratios for detecting action potentials in neuronal cultures to date, and have successfully reported single spike events in vivo. Given the rapid pace of current development, the genetically encoded voltage indicator class is nearing the goal of robust spike imaging during live-animal behavioral experiments.
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- Yiyang Gong
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States.
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- Sansa Dutta
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Halorhodopsin pumps Cl- and bacteriorhodopsin pumps protons by a common mechanism that uses conserved electrostatic interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:16377-82. [PMID: 25362051 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411119111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Key mutations differentiate the functions of homologous proteins. One example compares the inward ion pump halorhodopsin (HR) and the outward proton pump bacteriorhodopsin (BR). Of the nine essential buried ionizable residues in BR, six are conserved in HR. However, HR changes three BR acids, D85 in a central cluster of ionizable residues, D96, nearer the intracellular, and E204, nearer the extracellular side of the membrane to the small, neutral amino acids T111, V122, and T230, respectively. In BR, acidic amino acids are stationary anions whose proton affinity is modulated by conformational changes, establishing a sequence of directed binding and release of protons. Multiconformation continuum electrostatics calculations of chloride affinity and residue protonation show that, in reaction intermediates where an acid is ionized in BR, a Cl(-) is bound to HR in a position near the deleted acid. In the HR ground state, Cl(-) binds tightly to the central cluster T111 site and weakly to the extracellular T230 site, recovering the charges on ionized BR-D85 and neutral E204 in BR. Imposing key conformational changes from the BR M intermediate into the HR structure results in the loss of Cl(-) from the central T111 site and the tight binding of Cl(-) to the extracellular T230 site, mirroring the changes that protonate BR-D85 and ionize E204 in BR. The use of a mobile chloride in place of D85 and E204 makes HR more susceptible to the environmental pH and salt concentrations than BR. These studies shed light on how ion transfer mechanisms are controlled through the interplay of protein and ion electrostatics.
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Gong Y, Li JZ, Schnitzer MJ. Enhanced Archaerhodopsin Fluorescent Protein Voltage Indicators. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66959. [PMID: 23840563 PMCID: PMC3686764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A longstanding goal in neuroscience has been to develop techniques for imaging the voltage dynamics of genetically defined subsets of neurons. Optical sensors of transmembrane voltage would enhance studies of neural activity in contexts ranging from individual neurons cultured in vitro to neuronal populations in awake-behaving animals. Recent progress has identified Archaerhodopsin (Arch) based sensors as a promising, genetically encoded class of fluorescent voltage indicators that can report single action potentials. Wild-type Arch exhibits sub-millisecond fluorescence responses to trans-membrane voltage, but its light-activated proton pump also responds to the imaging illumination. An Arch mutant (Arch-D95N) exhibits no photocurrent, but has a slower, ~40 ms response to voltage transients. Here we present Arch-derived voltage sensors with trafficking signals that enhance their localization to the neural membrane. We also describe Arch mutant sensors (Arch-EEN and -EEQ) that exhibit faster kinetics and greater fluorescence dynamic range than Arch-D95N, and no photocurrent at the illumination intensities normally used for imaging. We benchmarked these voltage sensors regarding their spike detection fidelity by using a signal detection theoretic framework that takes into account the experimentally measured photon shot noise and optical waveforms for single action potentials. This analysis revealed that by combining the sequence mutations and enhanced trafficking sequences, the new sensors improved the fidelity of spike detection by nearly three-fold in comparison to Arch-D95N.
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- Yiyang Gong
- James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- CNC Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- CNC Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- CNC Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Thermodynamic parameters of anion binding to halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis by isothermal titration calorimetry. Biophys Chem 2013; 172:61-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kubo M, Kikukawa T, Miyauchi S, Seki A, Kamiya M, Aizawa T, Kawano K, Kamo N, Demura M. Role of Arg123 in Light-driven Anion Pump Mechanisms ofpharaonisHalorhodopsin. Photochem Photobiol 2009; 85:547-55. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00538.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wang J. Photocurrent from Oriented Membrane Films Containing Acid-blue and Acid-purple Bacteriorhodopsin and its Mutants. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0710476pfomfc2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sato M, Kubo M, Aizawa T, Kamo N, Kikukawa T, Nitta K, Demura M. Role of Putative Anion-Binding Sites in Cytoplasmic and Extracellular Channels ofNatronomonas pharaonisHalorhodopsin†. Biochemistry 2005; 44:4775-84. [PMID: 15779904 DOI: 10.1021/bi047500f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Natronomonas (Natronobacterium) pharaonis halorhodopsin (NpHR) is an inward light-driven Cl(-) ion pump. For efficient Cl(-) transport, the existence of Cl(-)-binding or -interacting sites in both extracellular (EC) and cytoplasmic (CP) channels is postulated. Candidates include Arg123 and Thr126 in EC channels and Lys215 and Thr218 in CP channels. The roles played by these amino acid residues in anion binding and in the photocycle have been investigated by mutation of the amino acid residues at these positions. Anion binding was assayed by changes in circular dichroism and the shift in the absorption maximum upon addition of Cl(-) to anion-free NpHR. The binding affinity was affected in mutants in which certain EC residues had been replaced; this finding revealed the importance of Arg123. On the other hand, mutants in which certain residues in the CP channel were replaced (CP mutants) did not show changes in their dissociation constants. The photocycles of these mutants were also examined, and in the case of the EC mutants, the transition to the last step was greatly delayed; on the other hand, in the CP mutants, L2-photointermediate decay was significantly prolonged, except in the case of K215Q, which lacked the O-photointermediate. The importance of Thr218 for binding of Cl(-) to the CP channel was indicated by these results. On the basis of these observations, the possible anion transport mechanism of NpHR was discussed.
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- Maki Sato
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Facciotti MT, Cheung VS, Lunde CS, Rouhani S, Baliga NS, Glaeser RM. Specificity of anion binding in the substrate pocket of bacteriorhodopsin. Biochemistry 2004; 43:4934-43. [PMID: 15109251 DOI: 10.1021/bi035757s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of the D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin with a nitrate anion bound in the Schiff base binding site and the structure of the anion-free protein have been obtained in the same crystal form. Together with the previously solved structures of this anion pump, in both the anion-free state and bromide-bound state, these new structures provide insight into how this mutant of bacteriorhodopsin is able to bind a variety of different anions in the same binding pocket. The structural analysis reveals that the main structural change that accommodates different anions is the repositioning of the polar side chain of S85. On the basis of these X-ray crystal structures, the prediction is then made that the D85S/D212N double mutant might bind similar anions and do so over a broader pH range than does the single mutant. Experimental comparison of the dissociation constants, K(d), for a variety of anions confirms this prediction and demonstrates, in addition, that the binding affinity is dramatically improved by the D212N substitution.
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- Marc T Facciotti
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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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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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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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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Paula S, Tittor J, Oesterhelt D. Roles of cytoplasmic arginine and threonine in chloride transport by the bacteriorhodopsin mutant D85T. Biophys J 2001; 80:2386-95. [PMID: 11325738 PMCID: PMC1301427 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76208-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the light-driven anion pump halorhodopsin (HR), the residues arginine 200 and threonine 203 are involved in anion release at the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. Because of large sequence homology and great structural similarities between HR and bacteriorhodopsin (BR), it has been suggested that anion translocation by HR and by the chloride-pumping BR mutant BR-D85T occurs by the same mechanism. Consequently, the functions of the R200/T203 pair in HR should be the same as those of the corresponding pair in BR-D85T (R175/T178). We have put this hypothesis to a test by creating two mutants of BR-D85T in which R175 and T178 were replaced by glutamine and valine, respectively. Chloride transport activities were essentially the same for all three mutants, whereas chloride binding and the kinetics of parts of the photocycle were markedly affected by the replacement of T178. In contrast, the consequences of mutating R175 proved to be less significant. These findings are consistent with evidence obtained on HR and therefore support the idea that the respective mechanistic roles of the cytoplasmic arginine/threonine pairs in HR and BR-D85T are equal.
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- S Paula
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Kaulen AD. Electrogenic processes and protein conformational changes accompanying the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1460:204-19. [PMID: 10984601 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00140-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The possible mechanisms of electrogenic processes accompanying proton transport in bacteriorhodopsin are discussed on the basis of recent structural data of the protein. Apparent inconsistencies between experimental data and their interpretation are considered. Special emphasis is placed on the protein conformational changes accompanying the reprotonation of chromophore and proton uptake stage in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.
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- A D Kaulen
- Department of Photobiochemistry, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia
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Wang J. Photocurrent from oriented membrane films containing acid-blue and acid-purple bacteriorhodopsin and its mutants. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 71:476-80. [PMID: 10824601 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0476:pfomfc>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This paper investigates the fast photocurrent components, B1 and B2, from oriented bacteriorhodopsin (BR) membrane films at low pH, under pulsed laser excitation. Adding chloride ion changes the acid-blue BR to its acid-purple form. In the presence of chloride, the acid-purple BR shows a positive B2 component in the same direction as that of BR at neutral pH, indicating a rapid intramolecular charge transfer. In the absence of chloride, the acid-blue BR shows only a negative B1 with multi-components, indicating a rapid charge separation process associated with retinal photoisomerization. The multi-components in B1 are possibly formed due to the heterogeneity of the acid-blue BR. In addition, BR mutants, D85N and D115N, at low pH and in the presence of chloride, generate the B2 component as well. The observation of chloride-dependent B2 component in various cases at low pH, is in favor of a possible transient chloride ion transfer, although the nature of the charge being transferred cannot be identified so far.
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- J Wang
- Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0400, USA.
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Kelemen L, Galajda P, Száraz S, Ormos P. Chloride ion binding to bacteriorhodopsin at low pH: an infrared spectroscopic study. Biophys J 1999; 76:1951-8. [PMID: 10096893 PMCID: PMC1300171 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77354-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and halorhodopsin (hR) are light-induced ion pumps in the cell membrane of Halobacterium salinarium. Under normal conditions bR is an outward proton transporter, whereas hR is an inward Cl- transporter. There is strong evidence that at very low pH and in the presence of Cl-, bR transports Cl- ions into the cell, similarly to hR. The chloride pumping activity of bR is connected to the so-called acid purple state. To account for the observed effects in bR a tentative complex counterion was suggested for the protonated Schiff base of the retinal chromophore. It would consist of three charged residues: Asp-85, Asp-212, and Arg-82. This quadruplet (including the Schiff base) would also serve as a Cl- binding site at low pH. We used Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy to study the structural changes during the transitions between the normal, acid blue, and acid purple states. Asp-85 and Asp-212 were shown to participate in the transitions. During the normal-to-acid blue transition, Asp-85 protonates. When the pH is further lowered in the presence of Cl-, Cl- binds and Asp-212 also protonates. The binding of Cl- and the protonation of Asp-212 occur simultaneously, but take place only when Asp-85 is already protonated. It is suggested that HCl is taken up in undissociated form in exchange for a neutral water molecule.
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- L Kelemen
- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, H-6701 Hungary
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Kalaidzidis IV, Belevich IN, Kaulen AD. Photovoltage evidence that Glu-204 is the intermediate proton donor rather than the terminal proton release group in bacteriorhodopsin. FEBS Lett 1998; 434:197-200. [PMID: 9738477 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00980-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Electrogenic events in the E204Q bacteriorhodopsin mutant have been studied. A two-fold decrease in the magnitude of microsecond photovoltage generation coupled to M intermediate formation in the E204Q mutant is shown. This means that deprotonation of E204 is an electrogenic process and its electrogenicity is comparable to that of the proton transfer from the Schiff base to D85. pH dependence of the electrogenicity of M intermediate formation in the wild-type bacteriorhodopsin reveals only one component corresponding to the protonation of D85 in the bacteriorhodopsin ground state and transition of the purple neutral form into the blue acid form. Thus, the pK of E204 in the M state is close to the pK of D85 in the bacteriorhodopsin ground state (< 3) and far below the pK of the terminal proton release group (approximately 6). It is concluded that E204 functions as the intermediate proton donor rather than the terminal proton release group in the bacteriorhodopsin proton pump.
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- I V Kalaidzidis
- Department of Photobiochemistry, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia
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Kalaidzidis IV, Kalaidzidis YL, Kaulen AD. Flash-induced voltage changes in halorhodopsin from Natronobacterium pharaonis. FEBS Lett 1998; 427:59-63. [PMID: 9613600 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00394-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The flash-induced voltage response of halorhodopsin at high NaCl concentration comprises two main kinetic components. The first component with tau approximately 1 micros does not exceed 4% of the overall response amplitude and is probably associated with the formation of the L (hR520) intermediate. The second main component with tau approximately 1-2.5 ms which is independent of Cl- concentration can be ascribed to the transmembrane Cl- translocation during the L intermediate decay. The photoelectric response in the absence of Cl- has the opposite polarity and does not exceed 6% of the overall response amplitude at high NaCl concentration. A pH decrease results in substitution of the Cl(-)-dependent components by the photoresponse which is similar to that in the absence of Cl-. Thus, the difference between photoresponses of chloride-binding and chloride-free halorhodopsin forms resembles that of bacteriorhodopsin purple neutral and blue acid forms, respectively. The photovoltage data obtained can hardly be explained within the framework of the photocycle scheme suggested by Varo et al. [Biochemistry 34 (1995), 14490-14499]. We suppose that the O-type intermediate belongs to some form of halorhodopsin incapable of Cl- transport.
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- I V Kalaidzidis
- Department of Photobiochemistry, A.A. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia
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