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  • Title: Influence exercised by histidine-95 on chloride transport and the photocycle in halorhodopsin.
    Author: Otomo J.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1996 May 28; 35(21):6684-9. PubMed ID: 8639618.
    Abstract:
    The anion pumping mechanism of halorhodopsin was studied using site-directed mutagenesis. Comparison of the amino acid sequence revealed that the B-C interhelix loop segment was highly homologous in all known halorhodopsins. Especially a basic residue, histidine-95, was conserved in all halorhodopsins. Using the expression-vector plasmid carrying the bop promoter, two His-95 mutants (H95R, H95A) were successfully expressed in Halobacterium salinarium. The expression levels of these halorhodopsin mutants were slightly lower than that for the wild-type halorhodopsin. In addition, these mutants were unstable under illumination compared with the wild-type. It suggested that His-95 is probably important for stabilizing the structure of halorhodopsin. The absorption maxima of these mutants are approximately 15 nm blue-shifted compared with the wild-type, suggesting that His-95 interacts with the retinal Schiff base. At low chloride concentrations, the light-induced chloride pumping activity of these mutants was more than 20 times lower than that for the wild-type. Only under physiological conditions, the chloride pumping activity was detected. Even at a high chloride concentration (1 M NaCl), the HR520 intermediate could not be detected for these mutants. These results clearly indicate that His-95 has a crucial role in the chloride transport of halorhodopsin.
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