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  • Title: Structure of the retinal chromophore in the hR578 form of halorhodopsin.
    Author: Smith SO, Marvin MJ, Bogomolni RA, Mathies RA.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1984 Oct 25; 259(20):12326-9. PubMed ID: 6490613.
    Abstract:
    Halorhodopsin is a retinal-containing pigment that is thought to function as a light-driven chloride ion pump in the cell membrane of Halobacterium halobium. To address the role of the retinal chromophore in chloride ion transport, resonance Raman spectra have been obtained of the hR578 form of chromatographically purified halorhodopsin (hR). The close similarity of the frequencies and intensities of the hR578 Raman bands with those of light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bR568) shows that the chromophore in hR578 has an all-trans configuration and that the protein environment around the chromophore in these two pigments is very similar. In addition, hR578 exhibits a Raman line at 1633 cm-1 which is assigned as the stretching vibration of a protonated Schiff base linkage to the protein based on its shift to 1627 cm-1 in D2O. The reduced frequency of the Schiff base stretching vibration compared with bR568 (1640 cm-1) is shown to result from a reduction of its coupling with the NH in-plane rock. This may be due to a reduction in hydrogen-bonding between the Schiff base proton and an electronegative counterion in halorhodopsin.
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