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Dual photoisomerization on distinct potential energy surfaces in a UV-absorbing rhodopsin

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    SYSNO ASEP0536453
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleDual photoisomerization on distinct potential energy surfaces in a UV-absorbing rhodopsin
    Author(s) Hontani, Y. (NL)
    Broser, M. (DE)
    Luck, M. (DE)
    Weissenborn, J. (NL)
    Kloz, Miroslav (FZU-D) ORCID
    Hegemann, P. (DE)
    Kennis, J.T.M. (NL)
    Number of authors7
    Source TitleJournal of the American Chemical Society. - : American Chemical Society - ISSN 0002-7863
    Roč. 142, č. 26 (2020), s. 11464-11473
    Number of pages10 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordsresolution optical spectroscopy ; stretching Raman lines ; all-trans ; resonance raman ; electronic excitations ; ultraviolet vision ; Schiff-bases ; femtosecond
    Subject RIVBO - Biophysics
    OECD categoryBiophysics
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportFZU-D - RVO:68378271
    UT WOS000547329800018
    EID SCOPUS85087468750
    DOI10.1021/jacs.0c03229
    AnnotationUV-absorbing rhodopsins are essential for UV vision and sensing in all kingdoms of life. Unlike the well-known visible-absorbing rhodopsins, which bind a protonated retinal Schiff base for light absorption, UV-absorbing rhodopsins bind an unprotonated retinal Schiff base. Thus far, the photoreaction dynamics and mechanisms of UV-absorbing rhodopsins have remained essentially unknown. Here, we report the complete excited- and ground-state dynamics of the UV form of histidine kinase rhodopsin 1 (HKR1) from eukaryotic algae, using femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) and transient absorption spectroscopy, covering time scales from femtoseconds to milliseconds. We found that energy-level ordering is inverted with respect to visible-absorbing rhodopsins, with an optically forbidden low-lying S-1 excited state that has Ag- symmetry and a higher-lying UV-absorbing S-2 state of Bu+ symmetry. UV-photoexcitation to the S-2 state elicits a unique dual-isomerization reaction: first, C13=C14 cis-trans isomerization occurs during S-2-S-1 evolution in <100 fs. This very fast reaction features the remarkable property that the newly formed isomer appears in the excited state rather than in the ground state. Second, C15=N16 anti-syn isomerization occurs on the S-1-S-0 evolution to the ground state in 4.8 ps. We detected two ground-state unprotonated retinal photoproducts, 13-trans/15-anti (all-trans) and 13-cis/15-syn, after relaxation to the ground state. These isomers become protonated in 58 mu s and 3.2 ms, respectively, resulting in formation of the blue-absorbing form of HKR1. Our results constitute a benchmark of UV-induced photochemistry of animal and microbial rhodopsins.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Physics
    ContactKristina Potocká, potocka@fzu.cz, Tel.: 220 318 579
    Year of Publishing2021
    Electronic addresshttp://hdl.handle.net/11104/0314228
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