1999
DOI: 10.1021/jp9836271
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Angular Orientation of the Retinyl Chromophore of Bacteriorhodopsin:  Reconciliation of 2H NMR and Optical Measurements

Abstract: It is argued on the basis of MNDO−PSDCI calculations that, at the wavelength of electronic dichroism studies used to infer structure, the transition dipole moment of the retinyl Schiff's base chromophore of bacteriorhodopsin makes an angle of 10.5 ± 3.5° with respect to the long axis of the chromophore. The magnitude and direction of this off-axis angle helps to reconcile the differences between the deuterium NMR and optical determinations of the angular orientation of the chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin. Rec… Show more

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“…The optical density of the films of Ϸ2,000 membrane layers (thickness Ϸ 10 m) is Ϸ2 at the 565-nm visible absorption maximum. In these films, the retinal chromophores are oriented at Ϸ28°with respect to the plane (35)(36)(37), and the twodimensional orientation in the plane is random.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The optical density of the films of Ϸ2,000 membrane layers (thickness Ϸ 10 m) is Ϸ2 at the 565-nm visible absorption maximum. In these films, the retinal chromophores are oriented at Ϸ28°with respect to the plane (35)(36)(37), and the twodimensional orientation in the plane is random.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The excited-state electronic properties of all these samples were calculated using MNDO-PSDCI molecular orbital theory [7,[20][21][22][23][24][25] using AM1 Hamiltonian. We carried out full single and double CI calculations within the eight highest energy filled π orbitals and the eight lowest energy unfilled π orbitals.…”
Section: Quantum Chemical Calculationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elle se compose de 248 acides aminés organisés en sept hélices α (structure appelée opsine) et d'un cofacteur, le rétinal, qui est la molécule photoréceptrice, liéà la lysine 216 qui fait partie d'une hélice de la protéine (figure 1.4). Les hélices de la bactériorhodopsine traversent la membrane approximativementà angle droit par rapport au plan de cette dernière, et le rétinal (en prenant comme direction caractéristique la ligne connectant C 5 et C 15 , figure 1.5) a une orientation de 61 • ± 7 • [18] par rapportà la normaleà la membrane.…”
Section: 1 Structureunclassified
“…Les calculs ont permis de simuler le changement dipolaire associéà la population dans la zone de Franck-Condon de l'état excité et les degrés de liberté du rétinal impliqués dans la relaxation diélectrique du rétinal (figure 1.13). Selon cesétudes, le changement du moment dipolaire dans l'état excité (en d'autres termes la séparation de charges) a lieu presque parallèlementà l'axe du rétinal [18,26] ; les modes 1.4 Controverse : quel est le premier processus photoinduit ?…”
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