Water structural changes at the proton uptake site (the Thr46-Asp96 domain) in the L intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin
- Kyoto Univ., Kyoto (Japan); and others
Fourier transform infrared spectra of the L intermediate of light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin were examined for recombinant proteins with amino acid substitutions at Thr46 and Asp96. Two O-H stretching vibrational bands of water, at 3607 and 3577 cm{sup -1}, change into stronger H-bonding states in L of the wild type. Thr46{r_arrow}Val substitution abolished these bands in spite of the fact that [3-{sup 18}O]threonine-labeling did not shift with them indicating that they correspond to coordination of the water with Thr46. The two water bands were restored, although with changed frequencies, by an additional Asp96{r_arrow}Asn substitution in Thr46{r_arrow}Val/Asp96{r_arrow}Asn. A single Asp96{r_arrow}Asn substitution abolished the 3607 cm{sup -1} band. Thus, Asp96 also takes part in structural changes in water. The perturbations of these water molecules in the L intermediate displayed a weak correlation with the ratio of intensity change in the two of vibrational bands of the Schiff base mode at 1312 and 1301 cm{sup -1} and the rate for the deprotonation of the Schiff base at the L-to-M reaction of the photocycle. We find, therefore, that the water molecule sin the cytoplasmic Asp96-Thr46 domain, which comprises the site of proton uptake after formation of the M intermediate, undergo structural changes in the L intermediate already. These changes are transmitted to the extracellular domain and the affect interaction of the Schiff base with Asp 85, that is far removed from this region. 32 refs., 7 figs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 526064
- Journal Information:
- Biochemistry (Eaton), Vol. 34, Issue 21; Other Information: PBD: 30 May 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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