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Abramczyk H, Surmacki JM, Kopeć M, Jarczewska K, Romanowska-Pietrasiak B. Hemoglobin and cytochrome c. reinterpreting the origins of oxygenation and oxidation in erythrocytes and in vivo cancer lung cells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14731. [PMID: 37679473 PMCID: PMC10485004 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41858-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Maintaining life (respiration), cell death (apoptosis), oxygen transport and immunity are main biological functions of heme containing proteins. These functions are controlled by the axial ligands and the redox status of the iron ion (oscillations between Fe2+ and Fe3+) in the heme group. This paper aims to evaluate the current state of knowledge on oxidation and oxygenation effects in heme proteins. We determined the redox status of the iron ion in whole blood (without and with anticoagulant), hemoglobin in erythrocytes, in isolated cytochrome c and cytochrome c in mitochondria of the human lung cancer cells using UV-VIS electronic absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and Raman imaging. Here we discussed the mechanism responsible for the Q electronic absorption band spectral behavior, i.e., its splitting, and its change in extinction coefficient, as well as vibrational modifications upon oxygenation and oxidation. We compared the redox status of heme in hemoglobin of human erythrocytes and cytochrome c in mitochondria of human lung cancer cells. Presented results allow simultaneous identification of oxy- and deoxy-Hb, where 1547 and 1604 cm-1 vibrations correspond to deoxygenated hemoglobin, while 1585 and 1638 cm-1 correspond to oxyhemoglobin, respectively. Our results extend knowledge of oxidation and oxygenation effects in heme proteins. We demonstrated experimentally the mechanism of electronic-vibrational coupling for the Q band splitting. Presented results extend knowledge on oxidation and oxygenation effects in heme proteins and provide evidence that both processes are strongly coupled. We showed that retinoic acid affects the redox state of heme in cytochrome c in mitochondria. The change of the redox status of cytochrome c in mitochondria from the oxidized form to the reduced form has very serious consequences in dysfunction of mitochondria resulting in inhibition of respiration, apoptosis and cytokine induction.
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- Halina Abramczyk
- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590, Lodz, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590, Lodz, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590, Lodz, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590, Lodz, Poland
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- Oncological Surgery Department, Medical Genetics Department, Copernicus Provincial Multidisciplinary Centre of Oncology and Traumatology in Lodz, Pabianicka 62, 93-513, Lodz, Poland
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Asido M, Wachtveitl J. Photochemistry of the Light-Driven Sodium Pump Krokinobacter eikastus Rhodopsin 2 and Its Implications on Microbial Rhodopsin Research: Retrospective and Perspective. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:3766-3773. [PMID: 36919947 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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The discovery of the light-driven sodium pump Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2) in 2013 has changed the paradigm that cation transport in microbial rhodopsins is restricted to the translocation of protons. Even though this finding is already remarkable by itself, it also reignited more general discussions about the functional mechanism of ion transport. The unique composition of the retinal binding pocket in KR2 with a tight interaction between the retinal Schiff base and its respective counterion D116 also has interesting implications on the photochemical pathway of the chromophore. Here, we discuss the most recent advances in our understanding of the KR2 functionality from the primary event of photon absorption by all-trans retinal up to the actual protein response in the later phases of the photocycle, mainly from the point of view of optical spectroscopy. In this context, we furthermore highlight some of the ongoing debates on the photochemistry of microbial rhodopsins and give some perspectives for promising future directions in this field of research.
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- Marvin Asido
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Chang C, Kuramochi H, Singh M, Abe‐Yoshizumi R, Tsukuda T, Kandori H, Tahara T. A Unified View on Varied Ultrafast Dynamics of the Primary Process in Microbial Rhodopsins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Chun‐Fu Chang
- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-Ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- PRESTO (Japan) Science and Technology Agency 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi Saitama 332-0012 Japan
- Present address: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems Institute for Molecular Science 38 Nishigo-Naka Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8585 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku Nagoya Aichi 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku Nagoya Aichi 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-Ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku Nagoya Aichi 466-8555 Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center Nagoya Institute of Technology Showa-Ku, Nagoya Aichi 466-8555 Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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Chang CF, Kuramochi H, Singh M, Abe-Yoshizumi R, Tsukuda T, Kandori H, Tahara T. A Unified View on Varied Ultrafast Dynamics of the Primary Process in Microbial Rhodopsins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202111930. [PMID: 34670002 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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All-trans to 13-cis photoisomerization of the protonated retinal Schiff base (PRSB) chromophore is the primary step that triggers various biological functions of microbial rhodopsins. While this ultrafast primary process has been extensively studied, it has been recognized that the relevant excited-state relaxation dynamics differ significantly from one rhodopsin to another. To elucidate the origin of the complicated ultrafast dynamics of the primary process in microbial rhodopsins, we studied the excited-state dynamics of proteorhodopsin, its D97N mutant, and bacteriorhodopsin by femtosecond time-resolved absorption (TA) spectroscopy in a wide pH range. The TA data showed that their excited-state relaxation dynamics drastically change when pH approaches the pKa of the counterion residue of the PRSB chromophore in the ground state. This result reveals that the varied excited-state relaxation dynamics in different rhodopsins mainly originate from the difference of the ground-state heterogeneity (i.e., protonation/deprotonation of the PRSB counterion).
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- Chun-Fu Chang
- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO (Japan) Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
- Present address: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems, Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Weissbecker J, Boumrifak C, Breyer M, Wießalla T, Shevchenko V, Mager T, Slavov C, Alekseev A, Kovalev K, Gordeliy V, Bamberg E, Wachtveitl J. Die spannungsabhängige Richtung der Reprotonierung der Schiff'schen Base bestimmt das Einwärtspumpen von Xenorhodopsin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Juliane Weissbecker
- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik Max-von-Laue-Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische and Theoretische Chemie Goethe Universität Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik Max-von-Laue-Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik Max-von-Laue-Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße 52425 Jülich Deutschland
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- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik Max-von-Laue-Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische and Theoretische Chemie Goethe Universität Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße 52425 Jülich Deutschland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg Deutschland
- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-related Diseases Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Dolgoprudny Russland
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße 52425 Jülich Deutschland
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- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik Max-von-Laue-Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische and Theoretische Chemie Goethe Universität Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
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Wachtveitl J, Weissbecker J, Boumrifak C, Breyer M, Wießalla T, Shevchenko V, Mager T, Slavov C, Alekseev A, Kovalev K, Gordeliy V, Bamberg E. The voltage dependent sidedness of the reprotonation of the retinal Schiff base determines the unique inward pumping of Xenorhodopsin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:23010-23017. [PMID: 34339559 PMCID: PMC8518763 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The new class of microbial rhodopsins, called xenorhodopsins (XeRs) (1), extends the versatility of this family by inward H + pumps (2-4). These pumps are an alternative optogenetic tool to the light-gated ion channels (e.g. ChR1,2), because the activation of electrically excitable cells by XeRs is independent from the surrounding physiological conditions. In this work we functionally and spectroscopically characterized XeR from Nanosalina ( Ns XeR) (1). The photodynamic behavior of Ns XeR was investigated on the ps to s time scale elucidating the formation of the J and K and a previously unknown long-lived intermediate. The pH dependent kinetics reveal that alkalization of the surrounding medium accelerates the photocycle and the pump turnover. In patch-clamp experiments the blue-light illumination of Ns XeR in the M state shows a potential-dependent vectoriality of the photocurrent transients, suggesting a variable accessibility of reprotonation of the retinal Schiff base. Insights on the kinetically independent switching mechanism could furthermore be obtained by mutational studies on the putative intracellular H + acceptor D220.
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- Josef Wachtveitl
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Max von Laue-Straße 7, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
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- Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, GERMANY
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- Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysik, Biophysical Chemistry, GERMANY
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- Forschungszentrum Julich ICG: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Biological Information Processing, GERMANY
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics: Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysik, Biophysical Chemistry, GERMANY
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- Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Chemistry, GERMANY
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Biological Information Processing, GERMANY
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Biological Information Processing, GERMANY
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Biological Information Processing, GERMANY
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- Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysik, Biophysical Chemistry, GERMANY
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Novel strategies of Raman imaging for monitoring intracellular retinoid metabolism in cancer cells. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Abramczyk H, Brozek-Pluska B, Jarota A, Surmacki J, Imiela A, Kopec M. A look into the use of Raman spectroscopy for brain and breast cancer diagnostics: linear and non-linear optics in cancer research as a gateway to tumor cell identity. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2020; 20:99-115. [PMID: 32013616 DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1724092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Introduction: Currently, intensely developing of linear and non-linear optical methods for cancer detection provides a valuable tool to improve sensitivity and specificity. One of the main reasons for insufficient progress in cancer diagnostics is related to the fact that most cancer types are not only heterogeneous in their genetic composition but also reside in varying microenvironments and interact with different cell types. Until now, no technology has been fully proven for effective detecting of invasive cancer, which infiltrating the extracellular matrix.Areas covered: This review investigates the current status of Raman spectroscopy and Raman imaging for brain and breast cancer diagnostics. Moreover, the review provides a comprehensive overview of the applicability of atomic force microscopy (AFM), linear and non-linear optics in cancer research as a gateway to tumor cell identity.Expert commentary: A combination of linear and non-linear optics, particularly Raman-driven methods, has many additional advantages to identify alterations in cancer cells that are crucial for their proliferation and that distinguish them from normal cells.
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- Halina Abramczyk
- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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Chang CF, Kuramochi H, Singh M, Abe-Yoshizumi R, Tsukuda T, Kandori H, Tahara T. Acid-base equilibrium of the chromophore counterion results in distinct photoisomerization reactivity in the primary event of proteorhodopsin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:25728-25734. [PMID: 31720623 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04991f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Proteorhodopsin (PR) is a proton-pumping rhodopsin, and it is known to exhibit a multi-phasic decay of the excited-state population in the primary process. So far, this complex excited-state decay has been attributed to the branching of the relaxation pathway on the excited-state potential energy surface. However, a recent ultrafast spectroscopic study on a sodium-pumping rhodopsin suggested that such a complex decay may originate from the heterogeneity in the ground state due to the acid-base equilibrium of the counterion of the protonated retinal Schiff base (PRSB). In this study, we studied the excited-state dynamics of PR at pH 11 and 4, in which the counterion of the PRSB, Asp97, is completely deprotonated and protonated, respectively. The obtained time-resolved absorption data revealed that the excited-state lifetime is decisively governed by the protonation state of Asp97, and the photoisomerization of the PRSB chromophore proceeds faster and more efficiently when Asp97 is deprotonated. This conclusion was further supported by high similarity of the excited-state dynamics between PR at pH 4 and the D97N mutant in which Asp97 is replaced with neutral Asn. The results of this study suggest that the protonation state of the PRSB counterion plays a decisive role in determining the excited-state dynamics and the photoisomerization reactivity of rhodopsins in general, by making a significant influence on the exited-state potential energy surface of the PRSB chromophore.
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- Chun-Fu Chang
- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Japan.
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Wang S, Fang W, Li F, Gong N, Li Z, Li Z, Sun C, Men Z. Dynamic high pressure induced strong and weak hydrogen bonds enhanced by pre-resonance stimulated Raman scattering in liquid water. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:31670-31677. [PMID: 29245838 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.031670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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355 nm pulsed laser is employed to excite pre-resonance forward stimulated Raman scattering (FSRS) of liquid water at ambient temperature. Due to the shockwave induced dynamic high pressure, the obtained Raman spectra begin to exhibit double peaks distribution at 3318 and 3373 cm-1 with the input energy of 17 mJ,which correspond with OH stretching vibration with strong and weak hydrogen (H) bonds. With laser energy rising from 17 to 27 mJ, the Stokes line at 3318 cm-1 shifts to 3255 and 3230 cm-1 because of the high pressure being enlarged. When the energy is up to 32 mJ, only 3373 cm-1 peak exists. The strong and weak H bond exhibit quite different energy dependent behaviors.
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Hung CC, Chen XR, Ko YK, Kobayashi T, Yang CS, Yabushita A. Schiff Base Proton Acceptor Assists Photoisomerization of Retinal Chromophores in Bacteriorhodopsin. Biophys J 2017. [PMID: 28636908 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the ultrafast dynamics of bacteriorhodopsins (BRs) from Haloquadratum walsbyi (HwBR) and Haloarcula marismortui (HmBRI and HmBRII). First, the ultrafast dynamics were studied for three HwBR samples: wild-type, D93N mutation, and D104N mutation. The residues of the D93 and D104 mutants correspond to the control by the Schiff base proton acceptor and donor of the proton translocation subchannels. Measurements indicated that the negative charge from the Schiff base proton acceptor residue D93 interacts with the ultrafast and substantial change of the electrostatic potential associated with chromophore isomerization. By contrast, the Schiff base proton donor assists the restructuring of the chromophore cavity hydrogen-bond network during the thermalization of the vibrational hot state. Second, the ultrafast dynamics of the wild-types of HwBR, HmBRI, and HmBRII were compared. Measurements demonstrated that the hydrogen-bond network in the extracellular region in HwBR and HmBRII slows the photoisomerization of retinal chromophores, and the negatively charged helices on the cytoplasmic side of HwBR and HmBRII accelerate the thermalization of the vibrational hot state of retinal chromophores. The similarity of the correlation spectra of the wild-type HmBRI and D104N mutant of HwBR indicates that inactivation of the Schiff base proton donor induces a positive charge on the helices of the cytoplasmic side.
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- Chih-Chang Hung
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Brain Science Inspired Life Support Research Center, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan; Research Center for Water Frontier Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan.
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Terpugov EL, Degtyareva OV. Photo-induced processes and the reaction dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350915020189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kubli-Garfias C, Vázquez-Ramírez R, Cabrera-Vivas BM, Gómez-Reyes B, Ramírez JC. Atomic and molecular analysis highlights the biophysics of unprotonated and protonated retinal in UV and scotopic vision. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 14:1660-72. [DOI: 10.1039/c5pp00091b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unprotonated (UR) and protonated (PR) retinal have marked atomic and molecular differences in cis and trans configurations. In conclusion, UR and PR uphold UV and light vision through their different biophysical properties.
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- Carlos Kubli-Garfias
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- México
- Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Puebla 72530
- Mexico
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Men Z, Fang W, Li D, Li Z, Sun C. Raman spectra from symmetric hydrogen bonds in water by high-intensity laser-induced breakdown. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4606. [PMID: 24709652 PMCID: PMC3978501 DOI: 10.1038/srep04606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Raman spectra of ice VII and X were investigated using strong plasma shockwave generated by laser-induced breakdown (LIB) in liquid water. Simultaneously, the occurrence of the hydrogen emission lines of 656 nm (Hα), 486 nm (Hβ), 434 nm (Hγ) and 410 nm (Hδ) was observed. At 5 × 10(12) W/cm(2) optical power density, the O-H symmetric stretching, translational and librational modes of ice VII and a single peak at 785 cm(-1) appeared in the spectra. The band was assigned to the Raman-active O-O mode of the monomolecular phase, which was the symmetric hydrogen bond of cuprite ice X. The spectra indicated that ice VII and X structure were formed, as the trajectory of the strong plasma shockwave passes through the stable Pressure-Temperature range of ice VII and X. The shockwave temperature and pressure were calculated by the Grüneisen model.
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- Zhiwei Men
- 1] State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China [2] College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Penzkofer A, Luck M, Mathes T, Hegemann P. Bistable retinal schiff base photodynamics of histidine kinase rhodopsin HKR1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photochem Photobiol 2014; 90:773-85. [PMID: 24460585 DOI: 10.1111/php.12246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The photodynamics of the recombinant rhodopsin fragment of the histidine kinase rhodopsin HKR1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was studied by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The retinal cofactor of HKR1 exists in two Schiff base forms RetA and RetB. RetA is the deprotonated 13-cis-retinal Schiff base (RSB) absorbing in the UVA spectral region. RetB is the protonated all-trans RSB absorbing in the blue spectral region. Blue light exposure converts RetB fully to RetA. UVA light exposure converts RetA to RetB and RetB to RetA giving a mixture determined by their absorption cross sections and their conversion efficiencies. The quantum efficiencies of conversion of RetA to RetB and RetB to RetA were determined to be 0.096 ± 0.005 and 0.405 ± 0.01 respectively. In the dark thermal equilibration between RetA and RetB with dominant RetA content occurred with a time constant of about 3 days at room temperature. The fluorescence emission behavior of RetA and RetB was studied, and fluorescence quantum yields of ϕ(F) (RetA) = 0.00117 and ϕ(F) (RetB) = 9.4 × 10(-5) were determined. Reaction coordinate schemes of the photodynamics are developed.
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- Alfons Penzkofer
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Fang W, Li Z, Li D, Li Z, Zhou M, Men Z, Sun C. Stimulated Raman scattering from sulfur-II produced by laser decomposition of liquid carbon disulfide. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:950-952. [PMID: 23503270 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.000950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of sulfur-II (S-II) phase was investigated by laser decomposition of liquid carbon disulfide. As a matter of fact, above a threshold of the laser intensity, it is suggested that a strong shock wave is generated in the liquid carbon disulfide, which is decomposed owing to the induced high dynamic pressure and temperature. One bending mode E frequency at 289 cm(-1) and one symmetric stretching mode A1 frequency at 490 cm(-1) of S-II phase were observed. The SRS spectra indicated that S-II structure is formed by laser decomposition, as the strong shock wave generates the stable pressure-temperature range of S-II phase. The dynamic high-pressure and static-electric field generated by laser-induced breakdown results in the softening A1 mode becoming more hardened.
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- Wenhui Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Herz J, Verhoefen MK, Weber I, Bamann C, Glaubitz C, Wachtveitl J. Critical role of Asp227 in the photocycle of proteorhodopsin. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5589-600. [PMID: 22738119 DOI: 10.1021/bi3003764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The photocycle of the proton acceptor complex mutant D227N of the bacterial retinal protein proteorhodopsin is investigated employing steady state pH-titration experiments in the UV-visible range as well as femtosecond-pump-probe spectroscopy and flash photolysis in the visible spectral range. The evaluation of the pH-dependent spectra showed that the neutralization of the charge at position 227 has a remarkable influence on the ground state properties of the protein. Both the pK(a) values of the primary proton acceptor and of the Schiff base are considerably decreased. Femtosecond-time-resolved measurements demonstrate that the general S(1) deactivation pathway; that is, the K-state formation is preserved in the D227N mutant. However, the pH-dependence of the reaction rate is lost by the substitution of Asp227 with an asparagine. Also no significant kinetic differences are observed upon deuteration. This is explained by the lack of a strongly hydrogen-bonded water in the vicinity of Asp97, Asp227, and the Schiff base or a change in the hydrogen bonding of it (Ikeda et al. (2007) Biochemistry 46, 5365-5373). The flash photolysis measurements prove a considerably elongated photocycle with pronounced pH-dependence. Interestingly, at pH 9 the M-state is visible until the end of the reaction cycle, leading to the conclusion that the mutation does not only lower the pK(a) of the Schiff base in the unphotolyzed ground state but also prevents an efficient reprotonation reaction.
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- Julia Herz
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Max von Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Scholz F, Bamberg E, Bamann C, Wachtveitl J. Tuning the primary reaction of channelrhodopsin-2 by imidazole, pH, and site-specific mutations. Biophys J 2012; 102:2649-57. [PMID: 22713581 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Femtosecond time-resolved absorption measurements were performed to investigate the influence of the pH, imidazole concentration, and point mutations on the isomerization process of Channelrhodopsin-2. Apart from the typical spectral characteristics of retinal isomerization, an additional absorption feature rises for the wild-type (wt) on a timescale from tens of ps to 1 ns within the spectral range of the photoproduct and is attributed to an equilibration between different K-intermediates. Remarkably, this absorption feature vanishes upon addition of imidazole or lowering the pH. In the latter case, the isomerization is dramatically slowed down, due to protonation of negatively charged amino acids within the retinal binding pocket, e.g., E123 and D253. Moreover, we investigated the influence of several point mutations within the retinal binding pocket E123T, E123D, C128T, and D156C. For E123T, the isomerization is retarded compared to wt and E123D, indicating that a negatively charged residue at this position functions as an effective catalyst in the isomerization process. In the case of the C128T mutant, all primary processes are slightly accelerated compared to the wt, whereas the isomerization dynamics for the D156C mutant is similar to wt after addition of imidazole.
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- Frank Scholz
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Study of the reactive excited-state dynamics of delipidated bacteriorhodopsin upon surfactant treatments. Chem Phys Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Groma GI, Colonna A, Martin JL, Vos MH. Vibrational motions associated with primary processes in bacteriorhodopsin studied by coherent infrared emission spectroscopy. Biophys J 2011; 100:1578-86. [PMID: 21402041 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The primary energetic processes driving the functional proton pump of bacteriorhodopsin take place in the form of complex molecular dynamic events after excitation of the retinal chromophore into the Franck-Condon state. These early events include a strong electronic polarization, skeletal stretching, and all-trans-to-13-cis isomerization upon formation of the J intermediate. The effectiveness of the photoreaction is ensured by a conical intersection between the electronic excited and ground states, providing highly nonadiabatic coupling to nuclear motions. Here, we study real-time vibrational coherences associated with these motions by analyzing light-induced infrared emission from oriented purple membranes in the 750-1400 cm(-)(1) region. The experimental technique applied is based on second-order femtosecond difference frequency generation on macroscopically ordered samples that also yield information on phase and direction of the underlying motions. Concerted use of several analysis methods resulted in the isolation and characterization of seven different vibrational modes, assigned as C-C stretches, out-of-plane methyl rocks, and hydrogen out-of-plane wags, whereas no in-plane H rock was found. Based on their lifetimes and several other criteria, we deduce that the majority of the observed modes take place on the potential energy surface of the excited electronic state. In particular, the direction sensitivity provides experimental evidence for large intermediate distortions of the retinal plane during the excited-state isomerization process.
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- Géza I Groma
- Laboratory for Optical Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Palaiseau, France.
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Hempelmann F, Hölper S, Verhoefen MK, Woerner AC, Köhler T, Fiedler SA, Pfleger N, Wachtveitl J, Glaubitz C. His75−Asp97 Cluster in Green Proteorhodopsin. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:4645-54. [DOI: 10.1021/ja111116a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Franziska Hempelmann
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry & Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and ‡Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Verhoefen MK, Bamann C, Blöcher R, Förster U, Bamberg E, Wachtveitl J. The photocycle of channelrhodopsin-2: ultrafast reaction dynamics and subsequent reaction steps. Chemphyschem 2011; 11:3113-22. [PMID: 20730849 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The photocycle of channelrhodopsin-2 is investigated in a comprehensive study by ultrafast absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy as well as flash photolysis in the visible spectral range. The ultrafast techniques reveal an excited-state decay mechanism analogous to that of the archaeal bacteriorhodopsin and sensory rhodopsin II from Natronomonas pharaonis. After a fast vibrational relaxation of the excited-state population with 150 fs its decay with mainly 400 fs is observed. Hereby, both the initial all-trans retinal ground state and the 13-cis-retinal K photoproduct are populated. The reaction proceeds with a 2.7 ps component assigned to cooling processes. Small spectral shifts are observed on a 200 ps timescale. They are attributed to conformational rearrangements in the retinal binding pocket. The subsequent dynamics progresses with the formation of an M-like intermediate (7 and 120 μs), which decays into red-shifted states within 3 ms. Ground-state recovery including channel closing and reisomerization of the retinal chromophore occurs in a triexponential manner (6 ms, 33 ms, 3.4 s). To learn more about the energy barriers between the different photocycle intermediates, temperature-dependent flash photolysis measurements are performed between 10 and 30°C. The first five time constants decrease with increasing temperature. The calculated thermodynamic parameters indicate that the closing mechanism is controlled by large negative entropy changes. The last time constant is temperature independent, which demonstrates that the photocycle is most likely completed by a series of individual steps recovering the initial structure.
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- Mirka-Kristin Verhoefen
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Max von Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Abramczyk H, Brozek-Pluska B, Surmacki J, Jablonska-Gajewicz J, Kordek R. Hydrogen bonds of interfacial water in human breast cancer tissue compared to lipid and DNA interfaces. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4236/jbpc.2011.22020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin in the high-intensity regime. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:10896-900. [PMID: 19564608 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904589106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A learning algorithm was used to manipulate optical pulse shapes and optimize retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin, for excitation levels up to 1.8 x 10(16) photons per square centimeter. Below 1/3 the maximum excitation level, the yield was not sensitive to pulse shape. Above this level the learning algorithm found that a Fourier-transform-limited (TL) pulse maximized the 13-cis population. For this optimal pulse the yield increases linearly with intensity well beyond the saturation of the first excited state. To understand these results we performed systematic searches varying the chirp and energy of the pump pulses while monitoring the isomerization yield. The results are interpreted including the influence of 1-photon and multiphoton transitions. The population dynamics in each intermediate conformation and the final branching ratio between the all-trans and 13-cis isomers are modified by changes in the pulse energy and duration.
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Verhoefen MK, Neumann K, Weber I, Glaubitz C, Wachtveitl J. Primary Reaction Dynamics of Proteorhodopsin Mutant D97N Observed by Femtosecond Infrared and Visible Spectroscopy. Photochem Photobiol 2009; 85:540-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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Terahertz radiation from bacteriorhodopsin reveals correlated primary electron and proton transfer processes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:6888-93. [PMID: 18456840 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706336105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The kinetics of electrogenic events associated with the different steps of the light-induced proton pump of bacteriorhodopsin is well studied in a wide range of time scales by direct electric methods. However, the investigation of the fundamental primary charge translocation phenomena taking place in the functional energy conversion process of this protein, and in other biomolecular assemblies using light energy, has remained experimentally unfeasible because of the lack of proper detection technique operating in the 0.1- to 20-THz region. Here, we show that extending the concept of the familiar Hertzian dipole emission into the extreme spatial and temporal range of intramolecular polarization processes provides an alternative way to study ultrafast electrogenic events on naturally ordered biological systems. Applying a relatively simple experimental arrangement based on this idea, we were able to observe light-induced coherent terahertz radiation from bacteriorhodopsin with femtosecond time resolution. The detected terahertz signal was analyzed by numerical simulation in the framework of different models for the elementary polarization processes. It was found that the principal component of the terahertz emission can be well described by excited-state intramolecular electron transfer within the retinal chromophore. An additional slower process is attributed to the earliest phase of the proton pump, probably occurring by the redistribution of a H bond near the retinal. The correlated electron and proton translocation supports the concept, assigning a functional role to the light-induced sudden polarization in retinal proteins.
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Initial reaction dynamics of proteorhodopsin observed by femtosecond infrared and visible spectroscopy. Biophys J 2008; 94:4796-807. [PMID: 18326639 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.125484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We present a comparative study using femtosecond pump/probe spectroscopy in the visible and infrared of the early photodynamics of solubilized proteorhodopsin (green absorbing variant) in D(2)O with deprotonated (pD 9.2) and protonated (pD 6.4) primary proton acceptor Asp-97. The vis-pump/vis-probe experiments show a kinetic isotope effect that is more pronounced for alkaline conditions, thus decreasing the previously reported pH-dependence of the primary reaction of proteorhodopsin in H(2)O. This points to a pH dependent H-bonding network in the binding pocket of proteorhodopsin, that directly influences the primary photo-induced dynamics. The vis-pump/IR-probe experiments were carried out in two different spectral regions and allowed to monitor the retinal C=C (1500 cm(-1)-1580 cm(-1)) and C=N stretching vibration as well as the amide I mode of the protein (1590 cm(-1)-1680 cm(-1)). Like the FTIR spectra of the K intermediate (PR(K)-PR difference spectra) in this spectral range, the kinetic parameters and also the quantum efficiency of photo-intermediate formation are found to be virtually independent of the pD value.
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Lenz MO, Woerner AC, Glaubitz C, Wachtveitl J. Photoisomerization in proteorhodopsin mutant D97N. Photochem Photobiol 2007; 83:226-31. [PMID: 16808594 DOI: 10.1562/2006-05-31-ra-909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The first steps of the photocycle of the D97N mutant of proteorhodopsin (PR) have been investigated by means of ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. A comparison with the primary dynamics of native PR and D85N mutant of bacteriorhodopsin is given. Upon photoexcitation of the covalently bound all-trans retinal the excited state decays biexponentially with time constants of 1.4 and 20 ps via a conical intersection, resulting in a 13-cis isomerized retinal. Neither of the two-deactivation channels is significantly preferred. The dynamics is slowed down in comparison with native PR at pH 9 and reaction rates are even lower than for native PR at pH 6, where the primary proton acceptor (Asp97) is protonated. Therefore, the ultrafast isomerization is not only controlled by the charge distribution within the retinal binding pocket. This study shows that in addition to direct electrostatics other effects have to be taken into account to explain the catalytic function of Asp97 in PR on the ultrafast isomerization reaction. This may include sterical interactions and/or bound water molecules within the retinal binding pocket.
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- Martin O Lenz
- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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Send R, Sundholm D. Stairway to the conical intersection: a computational study of the retinal isomerization. J Phys Chem A 2007; 111:8766-73. [PMID: 17713894 DOI: 10.1021/jp073908l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The potential-energy surface of the first excited state of the 11-cis-retinal protonated Schiff base (PSB11) chromophore has been studied at the density functional theory (DFT) level using the time-dependent perturbation theory approach (TDDFT) in combination with Becke's three-parameter hybrid functional (B3LYP). The potential-energy curves for torsion motions around single and double bonds of the first excited state have also been studied at the coupled-cluster approximate singles and doubles (CC2) level. The corresponding potential-energy curves for the ground state have been calculated at the B3LYP DFT and second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) levels. The TDDFT study suggests that the electronic excitation initiates a turn of the beta-ionone ring around the C6-C7 bond. The torsion is propagating along the retinyl chain toward the cis to trans isomerization center at the C11=C12 double bond. The torsion twist of the C10-C11 single bond leads to a significant reduction in the deexcitation energy indicating that a conical intersection is being reached by an almost barrierless rotation around the C10-C11 single bond. The energy released when passing the conical intersection can assist the subsequent cis to trans isomerization of the C11=C12 double bond. The CC2 calculations also show that the torsion barrier for the twist of the retinyl C10-C11 single bond adjacent to the isomerization center almost vanishes for the excited state. Because of the reduced torsion barriers of the single bonds, the retinyl chain can easily deform in the excited state. Thus, the CC2 and TDDFT calculations suggest similar reaction pathways on the potential-energy surface of the excited state leading toward the conical intersection and resulting in a cis to trans isomerization of the retinal chromophore. According to the CC2 calculations the cis to trans isomerization mechanism does not involve any significant torsion motion of the beta-ionone ring.
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- Robert Send
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Lammich L, Nielsen IB, Sand H, Svendsen A, Andersen LH. Probing the Sub-microsecond Photodissociation Dynamics in Gas-Phase Retinal Chromophores. J Phys Chem A 2007; 111:4567-72. [PMID: 17477513 DOI: 10.1021/jp070331z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The photoinduced fragmentation of a retinal model chromophore (all-trans-n-butyl protonated Schiff-base retinal) was studied in vacuo using a new experimental technique. The apparatus is able to record the photodissociation yield of gas-phase biomolecular ions in the first microseconds after absorption. Together with the existing ion storage ring ELISA, which operates on the millisecond to second time scale, the complete decay dynamics of such molecules can now be followed. In the case of retinal, the time-dependent fragmentation yield observed after irradiation with a 410 nm laser pulse exhibits contributions from one- and two-photon absorption, which decay non-exponentially with lifetimes on the order of 1 ms and 1 micros, respectively. The decay can be simulated using a statistical model, yielding good agreement with the experimental findings on both the millisecond and the microsecond time scales. No indication for nonstatistical processes is found for this molecule, the upper limit for a possible direct rate being a factor of 10(4) below the observed statistical dissociation rate.
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- Lutz Lammich
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Nuernberger P, Vogt G, Brixner T, Gerber G. Femtosecond quantum control of molecular dynamics in the condensed phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2007; 9:2470-97. [PMID: 17508081 DOI: 10.1039/b618760a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We review the progress in controlling quantum dynamical processes in the condensed phase with femtosecond laser pulses. Due to its high particle density the condensed phase has both high relevance and appeal for chemical synthesis. Thus, in recent years different methods have been developed to manipulate the dynamics of condensed-phase systems by changing one or multiple laser pulse parameters. Single-parameter control is often achieved by variation of the excitation pulse's wavelength, its linear chirp or its temporal subpulse separation in case of pulse sequences. Multiparameter control schemes are more flexible and provide a much larger parameter space for an optimal solution. This is realized in adaptive femtosecond quantum control, in which the optimal solution is iteratively obtained through the combination of an experimental feedback signal and an automated learning algorithm. Several experiments are presented that illustrate the different control concepts and highlight their broad applicability. These fascinating achievements show the continuous progress on the way towards the control of complex quantum reactions in the condensed phase.
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- Patrick Nuernberger
- Universität Würzburg, Physikalisches Institut, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Kahan A, Nahmias O, Friedman N, Sheves M, Ruhman S. Following Photoinduced Dynamics in Bacteriorhodopsin with 7-fs Impulsive Vibrational Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 129:537-46. [PMID: 17227016 DOI: 10.1021/ja064910d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sub-10-fs laser pulses are used to impulsively photoexcite bacteriorhodopsin (BR) suspensions and probe the evolution of the resulting vibrational wave packets. Fourier analysis of the spectral modulations induced by transform-limited as well as linearly chirped excitation pulses allows the delineation of excited- and ground-state contributions to the data. On the basis of amplitude and phase variations of the modulations as a function of the dispersed probe wavelength, periodic modulations in absorption above 540 nm are assigned to ground-state vibrational coherences induced by resonance impulsive Raman spectral activity (RISRS). Probing at wavelengths below 540 nm-the red edge of the intense excited-state absorption band-uncovers new vibrational features which are accordingly assigned to wave packet motions along bound coordinates on the short-lived reactive electronic surface. They consist of high- and low-frequency shoulders adjacent to the strong C=C stretching and methyl rock modes, respectively, which have ground-state frequencies of 1008 and 1530 cm-1. Brief activity centered at approximately 900 cm-1, which is characteristic of ground-state HOOP modes, and strong modulations in the torsional frequency range appear as well. Possible assignments of the bands and their implication to photoinduced reaction dynamics in BR are discussed. Reasons for the absence of similar signatures in the pump-probe spectral modulations at longer probing wavelengths are considered as well.
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- Anat Kahan
- Department of Physical Chemistry and the Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Send R, Sundholm D. The Role of the β-Ionone Ring in the Photochemical Reaction of Rhodopsin. J Phys Chem A 2006; 111:27-33. [PMID: 17201384 DOI: 10.1021/jp065510f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations on the photoabsorption process of the 11-cis retinal protonated Schiff base (PSB) chromophore show that the Franck-Condon relaxation of the first excited state of the chromophore involves a torsional twist motion of the beta-ionone ring relative to the conjugated retinyl chain. For the ground state, the beta-ionone ring and the retinyl chain of the free retinal PSB chromophore form a -40 degrees dihedral angle as compared to -94 degrees for the first excited state. The double bonds of the retinal are shorter for the fully optimized structure of the excited state than for the ground state suggesting a higher cis-trans isomerization barrier for the excited state than for the ground state. According to the present TDDFT calculations, the excitation of the retinal PSB chromophore does not primarily lead to a reaction along the cis-trans torsional coordinate at the C11-C12 bond. The activation of the isomerization center seems to occur at a later stage of the photo reaction. The results obtained at the TDDFT level are supported by second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) and approximate singles and doubles-coupled cluster (CC2) calculations on retinal chromophore models; the MP2 and CC2 calculations yield for them qualitatively the same ground state and excited-state structures as obtained in the density functional theory and TDDFT calculations.
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- Robert Send
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Vogt G, Nuernberger P, Brixner T, Gerber G. Femtosecond pump–shaped-dump quantum control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin. Chem Phys Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lenz MO, Huber R, Schmidt B, Gilch P, Kalmbach R, Engelhard M, Wachtveitl J. First steps of retinal photoisomerization in proteorhodopsin. Biophys J 2006; 91:255-62. [PMID: 16603495 PMCID: PMC1479053 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.074690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The early steps (<1 ns) in the photocycle of the detergent solubilized proton pump proteorhodopsin are analyzed by ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. A comparison to the first primary events in reconstituted proteorhodopsin as well as to the well known archaeal proton pump bacteriorhodopsin is given. A dynamic Stokes shift observed in fs-time-resolved fluorescence experiments allows a direct observation of early motions on the excited state potential energy surface. The initial dynamics is dominated by sequentially emerging stretching (<150 fs) and torsional (approximately 300 fs) modes of the retinal. The different protonation states of the primary proton acceptor Asp-97 drastically affect the reaction rate and the overall quantum efficiencies of the isomerization reactions, mainly evidenced for time scales above 1 ps. However, no major influence on the fast time scales (approximately 150 fs) could be seen, indicating that the movement out of the Franck-Condon region is fairly robust to electrostatic changes in the retinal binding pocket. Based on fs-time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectra, ground and exited state contributions can be disentangled and allow to construct a reaction model that consistently explains pH-dependent effects in solubilized and reconstituted proteorhodopsin.
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- Martin O Lenz
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
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Schmidt B, Sobotta C, Heinz B, Laimgruber S, Braun M, Gilch P. Excited-state dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin probed by broadband femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1706:165-73. [PMID: 15620377 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Revised: 10/04/2004] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The impact of varying excitation densities (approximately 0.3 to approximately 40 photons per molecule) on the ultrafast fluorescence dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin has been studied in a wide spectral range (630-900 nm). For low excitation densities, the fluorescence dynamics can be approximated biexponentially with time constants of <0.15 and approximately 0.45 ps. The spectrum associated with the fastest time constant peaks at 650 nm, while the 0.45 ps component is most prominent at 750 nm. Superimposed on these kinetics is a shift of the fluorescence maximum with time (dynamic Stokes shift). Higher excitation densities alter the time constants and their amplitudes. These changes are assigned to multi-photon absorptions.
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- B Schmidt
- Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Oettingenstr. 67, D-80538 Munich, Germany
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