The directional absorption properties of rhodopsin and its photoproducts |
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Authors: | B D Gupta Anurag Sharma I C Goyal |
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Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, 110029 Delhi New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | The experimental data on the absorption of a plane polarised light by a solution of cattle rhodopsin at −196‡ C have been
theoretically analysed to model the directional absorption properties of rhodopsin and its photoproducts. It is seen that
these molecules behave like planar absorbers having a ratio of about 100∶7 between the extinction coefficients along the long
axis and perpendicular to it. Using this result and the experimental observations on absorption and dichroism in the retina
in situ, a model for the configuration of chromophores in the disc membranes has been derived. In this model the plane of
the chromophore is perpendicular to that of the disc and the long axis of the chromophore makes an angle of 6.6‡ with the
plane of the disc. The solution of the problem depends on the assumption that the absorption axes are the same for the rhodopsin,
prelumirhodopsin and isorhodopsin.
Work partially supported by Department of Science and Technology (India) |
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