Résumé
Continuous-flow resonance Raman experiments carried out in bacteriorhodopsin show that the exchange of a deuteron on the Schiff base with a proton takes place in times shorter than 3 ms. Exchange mechanisms based on a base-catalyzed deprotonation followed by reprotonation of the Schiff base are excluded. A mechanism is suggested in which a water molecule interacts directly with the Schiff base deuteron in a concerted exchange mechanism. It appears that in the dark, the binding site is more accessible to neutral water molecules than to charged protons.
Langue d'origine | English |
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Pages (de-à) | 275-279 |
Nombre de pages | 5 |
Journal | Biophysical Journal |
Volume | 33 |
Numéro de publication | 2 |
DOI | |
Statut de publication | Published - 1981 |
Financement
Bailleurs de fonds | Numéro du bailleur de fonds |
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City College | PCM80-1093 1 |
City University | |
National Science Foundation | PCM79-02683 |
National Institutes of Health | EY03142 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Biophysics
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Doukas, A. G., Pande, A., Suzuki, T., Callender, R. H., Honig, B., & Ottolenghi, M. (1981). On the mechanism of hydrogen-deuterium exchange in bacteriorhodopsin. Biophysical Journal, 33(2), 275-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(81)84889-8