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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5117-5121 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 5 Sep 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry