Crystal structure of bacteriorhodopsin in the ground state by red laser irradiationCrystal structure of bacteriorhodopsin in the ground state by red laser irradiation

Structural highlights

7xjd is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.33Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

BACR_HALSA Light-driven proton pump.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The K intermediate of proton pumping bacteriorhodopsin is the first intermediate generated after isomerization of retinal to the 13-cis form. Although various structures have been reported for the K intermediate until now, these differ from each other, especially in terms of the conformation of the retinal chromophore and its interaction with surrounding residues. We report here an accurate X-ray crystallographic analysis of the K structure. The polyene chain of 13-cis retinal is observed to be S-shaped. The side chain of Lys216, which is covalently bound to retinal via the Schiff-base linkage, interacts with residues, Asp85 and Thr89. In addition, the Nzeta-H of the protonated Schiff-base linkage interacts with a residue, Asp212 and a water molecule, W402. Based on quantum chemical calculations for this K structure, we examine the stabilizing factors of distorted conformation of retinal and propose a relaxation manner to the next L intermediate.

Detailed analysis of distorted retinal and its interaction with surrounding residues in the K intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin.,Taguchi S, Niwa S, Dao HA, Tanaka Y, Takeda R, Fukai S, Hasegawa K, Takeda K Commun Biol. 2023 Feb 17;6(1):190. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04554-2. PMID:36808185[1]

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References

  1. Taguchi S, Niwa S, Dao HA, Tanaka Y, Takeda R, Fukai S, Hasegawa K, Takeda K. Detailed analysis of distorted retinal and its interaction with surrounding residues in the K intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin. Commun Biol. 2023 Feb 17;6(1):190. PMID:36808185 doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04554-2

7xjd, resolution 1.33Å

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