| Literature DB >> 26684483 |
Tetyana Berbasova1, Elizabeth M Santos1, Meisam Nosrati1, Chrysoula Vasileiou1, James H Geiger1, Babak Borhan1.
Abstract
Mutants of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II (CRABPII), engineered to bind all-trans-retinal as an iminium species, demonstrate photochromism upon irradiation with light at different wavelengths. UV light irradiation populates the cis-imine geometry, which has a high pKa , leading to protonation of the imine and subsequent "turn-on" of color. Yellow light irradiation yields the trans-imine isomer, which has a depressed pKa , leading to loss of color because the imine is not protonated. The protein-bound retinylidene chromophore undergoes photoinduced reversible interconversion between the colored and uncolored species, with excellent fatigue resistance.Entities:
Keywords: imines; isomerization; photochemistry; protein engineering; retinal
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26684483 PMCID: PMC4835339 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500613
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chembiochem ISSN: 1439-4227 Impact factor: 3.164