Unique Photochemistry Observed in a New Microbial Rhodopsin

Chihiro Kataoka, Keiichi Inoue, Kota Katayama, Oded Beja, Hideki Kandori

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Abstract

Light energy is first captured in animal and microbial rhodopsins by ultrafast photoisomerization, whose relaxation accompanies protein structural changes for each function. Here, we report a microbial rhodopsin, marine bacterial TAT rhodopsin, that displays no formation of photointermediates at >10-5 s. Low-temperature ultraviolet-visible and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed that TAT rhodopsin features all-trans to 13-cis photoisomerization like other microbial rhodopsins, but a planar 13-cis chromophore in the primary K intermediate seems to favor thermal back isomerization to the original state without photocycle completion. The molecular mechanism of the early photoreaction in TAT rhodopsin will be discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5117-5121
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume10
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Sep 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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