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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021

The Desensitized Channelrhodopsin-2 Photointermediate Contains 13 -cis, 15 -syn Retinal Schiff Base.

Johanna Becker-Baldus, Alexander Leeder, Lynda J Brown, Richard C D Brown, Christian Bamann, Clemens Glaubitz

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Johanna Becker-BaldusInstitute of Biophysical Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1995-7323
Alexander LeederDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9271-6038
Lynda J BrownDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5678-0814
Richard C D BrownDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0156-7087
Christian BamannMax-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7473-438X
Clemens GlaubitzInstitute of Biophysical Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3554-6586

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) is a light-gated cation channel and was used to lay the foundations of optogenetics. Its dark state X-ray structure has been determined in 2017 for the wild-type, which is the prototype for all other ChR variants. However, the mechanistic understanding of the channel function is still incomplete in terms of structural changes after photon absorption by the retinal chromophore and in the framework of functional models. Hence, detailed information needs to be collected on the dark state as well as on the different photointermediates. For ChR2 detailed knowledge on the chromophore configuration in the different states is still missing and a consensus has not been achieved. Using DNP-enhanced solid-state MAS NMR spectroscopy on proteoliposome samples, we unambiguously determined the chromophore configuration in the desensitized state, and we show that this state occurs towards the end of the photocycle.

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CationsChannelrhodopsinsChlamydomonas reinhardtiiDiterpenesLightMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPhotochemical ProcessesPhotonsProtein ConformationRetinaldehydeSchiff Bases13-cis-retinalCationsChannelrhodopsinsDiterpenesRetinaldehydeSchiff Baseschannelrhodopsindynamic nuclear polarizationmembrane proteinsphotocyclesolid-state NMR spectroscopy

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PMID33973334
PMCPMC8362212

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