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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 15-21Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10858-007-9203-5
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proteorhodopsin; solid-state NMR; Schiff base; retinal
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/C508912/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The proteorhodopsin family consists of hundreds of homologous retinal containing membrane proteins found in bacteria in the photic zone of the oceans. They are colour tuned to their environment and act as light-driven proton pumps with a potential energetic and regulatory function. Precise structural details are still unknown. Here, the green proteorhodopsin variant has been selected for a chemical shift analysis of retinal and Schiff base by solid-state NMR. Our data show that the chromophore exists in mainly all-trans configuration in the proteorhodopsin ground state. The optical absorption maximum together with retinal and Schiff base chemical shifts indicate a strong interaction network between chromophore and opsin.
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