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Direct observation of the structural change of Tyr174 in the primary reaction of sensory rhodopsin II.
Biochemistry - 19 Apr 2011
Mizuno Misao, Sudo Yuki, Homma Michio, Mizutani Yasuhisa
Abstract excerpt
Sensory rhodopsin II (SRII) is a negative phototaxis receptor containing retinal as its chromophore, which mediates the avoidance of blue light. The signal transduction is initiated by the photoisomerization of the retinal chromophore, resulting in conformational changes of the protein which are transmitted to a transducer protein. To gain insight into the SRII sensing mechanism, we employed time-resolved...
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