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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Aborted double bicycle-pedal isomerization with hydrogen bond breaking is the primary event of bacteriorhodopsin proton pumping.

Piero Altoè, Alessandro Cembran, Massimo Olivucci, Marco Garavelli

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Ultrafast terahertz Stark spectroscopy reveals the excited-state dipole moments of retinal in bacteriorhodopsin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  17. Molecular bases for the selection of the chromophore of animal rhodopsins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Piero AltoèDipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, Bologna, I-40126 Italy.
Alessandro Cembran
Massimo Olivucci
Marco Garavelli

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations based on ab initio multiconfigurational second order perturbation theory are employed to construct a computer model of Bacteriorhodopsin that reproduces the observed static and transient electronic spectra, the dipole moment changes, and the energy stored in the photocycle intermediate K. The computed reaction coordinate indicates that the isomerization of the retinal chromophore occurs via a complex motion accounting for three distinct regimes: (i) production of the excited state intermediate I, (ii) evolution of I toward a conical intersection between the excited state and the ground state, and (iii) formation of K. We show that, during stage ii, a space-saving mechanism dominated by an asynchronous double bicycle-pedal deformation of the C10═C11─C12═C13─C14═N moiety of the chromophore dominates the isomerization. On this same stage a N─H/water hydrogen bond is weakened and initiates a breaking process that is completed during stage iii.

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Models, ChemicalModels, MolecularProtonsBacteriorhodopsinsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayHydrogen BondingIsomerismMolecular StructureQuantum TheorySpectrum AnalysisBacteriorhodopsinsProtons

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PMID21048087
PMCPMC2996645

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