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"Watching" a Molecular Twist in a Protein by Raman Optical Activity.
The journal of physical chemistry letters - 15 Oct 2020
Matsuo Junpei, Kikukawa Takashi, Fujisawa Tomotsumi, Hoff Wouter D, Unno Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Light-absorbing chromophores in photoreceptors contain a π-electron system and are intrinsically planar molecules. However, within a protein environment these cofactors often become nonplanar and chiral in a manner that is widely believed to be functionally important. When the same chromophore is out-of-plane distorted in opposite directions in different members of a protein family, such conformers become a set...
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