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Low-temperature Raman spectroscopy of sodium-pump rhodopsin from Indibacter alkaliphilus: insight of Na+ binding for active Na+ transport.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP - 28 Jan 2021
Nakamizo Yushi, Fujisawa Tomotsumi, Kikukawa Takashi, Okamura Akiko, Baba Hiroaki, Unno Masashi
Abstract excerpt
We carried out the low-temperature Raman measurement of a sodium pump rhodopsin from Indibacter alkaliphilus (IaNaR) and examined the primary structural change for the light-driven Na+ pump. We observed that photoexcitation of IaNaR produced the distorted 13-cis retinal chromophore in the presence of Na+, while the structural distortion was significantly relaxed in the absence of Na+. This structural difference...
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