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. 1993 Dec;65(6):2478–2483. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81308-0

Study of the photocycle and charge motions of the bacteriorhodopsin mutant D96N.

C Gergely 1, C Ganea 1, G Groma 1, G Váró 1
PMCID: PMC1225989  PMID: 8312486

Abstract

Absorption kinetic and electric measurements were performed on oriented purple membranes of D96N bacteriorhodopsin mutant embedded in polyacrylamide gel and the kinetic parameters of the photointermediates determined. The rate constants, obtained from fits to time-dependent concentrations, were used to calculate the relative electrogenicity of the intermediates. The signals were analyzed on the basis of different photocycle models. The preferred model is the sequential one with reversible reaction. To improve the quality of the fits the necessity of introducing a second L intermediate arose. We also attempted to interpret our data in the view of reversible reactions containing two parallel photocycles, but the pH dependencies of the rate constants and electrogenicities favored the model containing sequential reversible transitions. A fast equilibrium for the L2<==>M1 transition and a strong pH dependence of the M2 electrogenicity was found, indicating that the M1 to M2 transition involves complex charge motions, as is expected in a conformational change of the protein.

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