1qkp

HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY STRUCTURE OF AN EARLY INTERMEDIATE IN THE BACTERIORHODOPSIN PHOTOCYCLE

spinqualitylabelsall models 1qkp, resolution 2.10Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1qkp is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Halobacterium salinarum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.1Å Ligands: RET 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 is the simplest known photon-driven proton pump and as such provides a model for the study of a basic function in bioenergetics. Its seven transmembrane helices encompass a proton translocation pathway containing the chromophore, a retinal molecule covalently bound to lysine 216 through a protonated Schiff base, and a series of proton donors and acceptors. Photoisomerization of the all-trans retinal to the 13-cis configuration initiates the vectorial translocation of a proton from the Schiff base, the primary proton donor, to the extracellular side, followed by reprotonation of the Schiff base from the cytoplasm. Here we describe the high-resolution X-ray structure of an early intermediate in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin, which is formed directly after photoexcitation. A key water molecule is dislocated, allowing the primary proton acceptor, Asp 85, to move. Movement of the main-chain Lys 216 locally disrupts the hydrogen-bonding network of helix G, facilitating structural changes later in the photocycle. High-resolution X-ray structure of an early intermediate in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.,Edman K, Nollert P, Royant A, Belrhali H, Pebay-Peyroula E, Hajdu J, Neutze R, Landau EM Nature. 1999 Oct 21;401(6755):822-6. PMID:10548112 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Bacteriorhodopsin 3D structures

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