1fbb

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF NATIVE CONFORMATION OF BACTERIORHODOPSINCRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF NATIVE CONFORMATION OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Structural highlights 1fbb is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Halobacterium salinarum. The March 2002 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Bacteriorhodopsin by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2002_3. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron crystallography, Resolution 3.2Å Ligands: Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function BACR_HALSA Light-driven proton pump. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Bacteriorhodopsin, a membrane protein with a relative molecular mass of 27,000, is a light driven pump which transports protons across the cell membrane of the halophilic organism Halobacterium salinarum. The chromophore retinal is covalently attached to the protein via a protonated Schiff base. Upon illumination, retinal is isomerized. The Schiff base then releases a proton to the extracellular medium, and is subsequently reprotonated from the cytoplasm. An atomic model for bacteriorhodopsin was first determined by Henderson et al, and has been confirmed and extended by work in a number of laboratories in the last few years. Here we present an atomic model for structural changes involved in the vectorial, light-driven transport of protons by bacteriorhodopsin. A 'switch' mechanism ensures the vectorial nature of pumping. First, retinal unbends, triggered by loss of the Schiff base proton, and second, a protein conformational change occurs. This conformational change, which we have determined by electron crystallography at atomic (3.2 A in-plane and 3.6 A vertical) resolution, is largely localized to helices F and G, and provides an 'opening' of the protein to protons on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. Molecular mechanism of vectorial proton translocation by bacteriorhodopsin.,Subramaniam S, Henderson R Nature. 2000 Aug 10;406(6796):653-7. PMID:10949309 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Bacteriorhodopsin 3D structures

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