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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 78, 期 3, 页码 1519-1530出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76704-X
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By means of time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, the photoexcited structural changes: of site-directed spin-labeled bacteriorhodopsin are studied, a complete set of cysteine mutants of the C-D loop, positions 100-107, and of the E-F loop, including the first alpha-helical turns of helices E and F, positions 154-171, was modified with a methanethiosulfonate spin label. The EPR spectral changes occurring during the photocycle are consistent with a small movement of helix C and an outward tilt of helix F. These helix movements are accompanied by a rearrangement of the E-F loop and of the C-terminal turn of helix E. The kinetic analysis of the transient EPR data and the absorbance changes in the visible spectrum reveals that the conformational change occurs during the lifetime of the M intermediate. Prominent rearrangements of nitroxide side chains in the vicinity of D96 may indicate the preparation of the reprotonation of the Schiff base. All structural changes reverse with the recovery of the bacteriorhodopsin initial state.
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