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Schiff Base Proton Acceptor Assists Photoisomerization of Retinal Chromophores in Bacteriorhodopsin.
Biophysical journal - 20 Jun 2017
Hung Chih-Chang, Chen Xiao-Ru, Ko Ying-Kuan, Kobayashi Takayoshi, Yang Chii-Shen, Yabushita Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
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...
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