Photoinduced proton release in proteorhodopsin at low pH: the possibility of a decrease in the pK(a) of Asp227.
Tamogami J, Kikukawa T, Nara T, Shimono K, Demura M, Kamo N.
Tamogami J, et al.
Biochemistry. 2012 Nov 20;51(46):9290-301. doi: 10.1021/bi300940p. Epub 2012 Nov 7.
Biochemistry. 2012.
PMID: 23095117
Proteorhodopsin (PR) is one of the microbial rhodopsins that are found in marine eubacteria and likely functions as an outward light-driven proton pump. Previously, we [Tamogami, J., et al. (2009) Photochem. Photobiol.85, 578-589] reported the occurrence of a photoi …
Proteorhodopsin (PR) is one of the microbial rhodopsins that are found in marine eubacteria and likely functions as an outward light-driven …