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. 1996 Feb;70(2):948–961. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79638-8

Reversible inhibition of proton release activity and the anesthetic-induced acid-base equilibrium between the 480 and 570 nm forms of bacteriorhodopsin.

F Boucher 1, S G Taneva 1, S Elouatik 1, M Déry 1, S Messaoudi 1, E Harvey-Girard 1, N Beaudoin 1
PMCID: PMC1224995  PMID: 8789112

Abstract

In purple membrane added with general anesthetics, there exists an acid-base equilibrium between two spectral forms of the pigment: bR570 and bR480 (apparent pKa = 7.3). As the purple 570 nm bacteriorhodopsin is reversibly transformed into its red 480 nm form, the proton pumping capability of the pigment reversibly decreases, as indicated by transient proton release measurements and proton translocation action spectra of mixture of both spectral forms. It happens in spite of a complete photochemical activity in bR480 that is mostly characterized by fast deprotonation and slow reprotonation steps and which, under continuous illumination, bleaches with a yield comparable to that of bR570. This modified photochemical activity has a correlated specific photoelectrical counterpart: a faster proton extrusion current and a slower reprotonation current. The relative areas of all photocurrent phases are reduced in bR480, most likely because its photochemistry is accompanied by charge movements for shorter distances than in the native pigment, reflecting a reversible inhibition of the pumping activity.

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