Toward an Understanding of the Retinal Chromophore in Rhodopsin Mimics
| Autor: | Mikas Vengris, James H. Geiger, Chrysoula Vasileiou, Askat E. Jailaubekov, Babak Borhan, Samer Gozem, Delmar S. Larsen, Konstantin R. Malley, Mark Huntress, Massimo Olivucci, Igor Schapiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Rhodopsin
Receptors Retinoic Acid Static Electricity Molecular Dynamics Simulation Photochemistry Fluorescence spectroscopy chemistry.chemical_compound Protein structure Isomerism Biomimetic Materials Ultrafast laser spectroscopy Materials Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Spectroscopy biology Chemistry Retinal Chromophore Protein Structure Tertiary Surfaces Coatings and Films Kinetics Spectrometry Fluorescence Mutation Retinaldehyde biology.protein Quantum Theory |
| Popis: | Recently, a rhodopsin protein mimic was constructed by combining mutants of the cellular retinoic acid binding protein II (CRABPII) with an all-trans retinal chromophore. Here, we present a combined computational quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) and experimental ultrafast kinetic study of CRABPII. We employ the QM/MM models to study the absorption (λ(a)max), fluorescence (λ(f)max), and reactivity of a CRABPII triple mutant incorporating the all-trans protonated chromophore (PSB-KLE-CRABPII). We also study the spectroscopy of the same mutant incorporating the unprotonated chromophore and of another double mutant incorporating the neutral unbound retinal molecule held inside the pocket. Finally, for PSB-KLE-CRABPII, stationary fluorescence spectroscopy and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy resolved two different evolving excited state populations which were computationally assigned to distinct locally excited and charge-transfer species. This last species is shown to evolve along reaction paths describing a facile isomerization of the biologically relevant 11-cis and 13-cis double bonds. This work represents a first exploratory attempt to model and study these artificial protein systems. It also indicates directions for improving the QM/MM models so that they could be more effectively used to assist the bottom-up design of genetically encodable probes and actuators employing the retinal chromophore. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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