| Literature DB >> 19431586 |
P Tavan, K Schulten, W Gärtner, D Oesterhelt.
Abstract
Retinal analogues in which the 13-methyl group is replaced by H, C(2)H(5), CF(3), and OCH(3) residues are studied by means of quantumchemical modified neglect of diatomic overlap-correlated version (MNDOC) calculations. The analogues are suitable to test the stereochemical mechanism of proton pumping in bacteriorhodopsin. The results explain the proton-pumping activities of bacterio-opsin reconstituted with these analogues and elucidate the decisive role of retinal's ground-state intramolecular properties in the pump cycle of bacteriorhodopsin.Entities:
Year: 1985 PMID: 19431586 PMCID: PMC1435211 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(85)83925-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033