| Literature DB >> 21243153 |
Oliver Weingart1, Piero Altoè, Marco Stenta, Andrea Bottoni, Giorgio Orlandi, Marco Garavelli.
Abstract
The photochemical cis-trans isomerization of retinal in rhodopsin is investigated by structure sampling and excited state QM/MM trajectories with surface hopping. The calculations uncover the motions responsible for photoproduct formation and elucidate the reasons behind the efficient photoisomerization in the primary event of visual transduction.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21243153 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02496a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Chem Chem Phys ISSN: 1463-9076 Impact factor: 3.676