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. 2020 Jun 24;16(8):4849–4856. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00501

Table 1. Cis-trans Isomerization Rate per Molecule under Different Illumination Conditionsa.

condition T (K) A (RS2/D2) ks (s–1)
extra-terrestrial 5778 1 2.4 × 104
ground level 5778 0.75 1.8 × 104
scotopic vision 4100 3.06 × 10–11 1.2 × 10–7 (MQC-PE)
      1.9 × 10–7 (Redfield theory14)
a

Computed with MQC-PE with the analytical model emulating retinal MQC trajectories (eq 21) and s = 56 Å2 unless stated otherwise.