Spectroscopic and photochemical analysis of proteorhodopsin variants from the surface of the Arctic Ocean |
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Authors: | Jung Jae Yong Choi Ah Reum Lee Yoo Kyung Lee Hong Kum Jung Kwang-Hwan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Life Science and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University, Shinsu-Dong 1, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea. |
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Abstract: | Proteorhodopsin (PR), a retinal-containing seven transmembrane helix protein, functions as a light-driven proton pump. Using PCR, we isolated 18 PR variants originating from the surface of the Arctic Ocean. Their absorption maxima were between 517 and 546 nm at pH 7. One of the isolates turned out to be identical to GPR (green light-absorbing proteorhodopsin) from Monterey Bay. Interestingly, 10 isolates had replaced a tyrosine in the retinal-binding site (Tyr200 in GPR) with Asn. They showed a slower photocycle, more blue-shifted absorption maxima at pH 10, and relatively larger DeltaH and DeltaS of activation of the transition between the O intermediate and the ground state compared to GPR. |
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Keywords: | PR, proteorhodopsin GPR, green light-absorbing proteorhodopsin BPR, blue light-absorbing proteorhodopsin MBP, Monterey Bay proteorhodopsin PCR, polymerase chain reaction DM, n-dodecyl-β- smallcaps" >d maltopyranoside |
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