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. 1995 Apr 11;92(8):3185–3189. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.8.3185

Residue replacements of buried aspartyl and related residues in sensory rhodopsin I: D201N produces inverted phototaxis signals.

K D Olson 1, X N Zhang 1, J L Spudich 1
PMCID: PMC42130  PMID: 7724537

Abstract

Residue replacements were made at five positions (Arg-73, Asp-76, Tyr-87, Asp-106, and Asp-201) in the Halobacterium salinarium phototaxis receptor sensory rhodopsin I (SR-I) by site-specific mutagenesis. The sites were chosen for their correspondence in position to residues of functional importance in the homologous light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin found in the same organism. This work identifies a residue in SR-I shown to be of vital importance to its attractant signaling function: Asp-201. The effect of the substitution with the isosteric asparagine is to convert the normally attractant signal of orange light stimulation to a repellent signal. In contrast, similar neutral substitution of the four other ionizable residues near the photoactive site allows essentially normal attractant and repellent phototaxis signaling. Wild-type two-photon repellent signaling by the receptor is intact in the Asp-201 mutant, genetically separating the wild-type attractant and repellent signal generation processes. A possible explanation and implications of the inverted signaling are discussed. Results of neutral residue substitution for Asp-76 confirm our previous evidence that proton transfer reactions involving this residue are not important to phototaxis but that Asp-76 functions as the Schiff base proton acceptor in proton translocation by transducer-free SR-I.

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