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Pre-gating conformational changes in the ChETA variant of channelrhodopsin-2 monitored by nanosecond IR spectroscopy.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 11 Feb 2015
Lórenz-Fonfría Víctor A, Schultz Bernd-Joachim, Resler Tom, Schlesinger Ramona, Bamann Christian, Bamberg Ernst, Heberle Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Light-gated ion permeation by channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) relies on the photoisomerization of the retinal chromophore and the subsequent photocycle, leading to the formation (on-gating) and decay (off-gating) of the conductive state. Here, we have analyzed the photocycle of a fast-cycling ChR2 variant (E123T mutation, also known as ChETA), by time-resolved UV/vis, step-scan FT-IR, and tunable quantum cascade laser...
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