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Light penetration and photoisomerization in rhodopsin studied by numerical simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Light penetration and photoisomerization in rhodopsin studied by numerical simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR spectroscopy
Light penetration and photoisomerization in rhodopsin studied by numerical simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR spectroscopy
The penetration of light into optically thick samples containing the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin is studied by numerical finite-element simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR experiments. Illumination with white light leads to the generation of the active bathorhodopsin photostate in the outer layer of the sample but generates a large amount of the side product, isorhodopsin, in the sample interior. The overall yield of bathorhodopsin is improved by using monochromatic 420 nm illumination and by mixing the sample with transparent glass beads. The implications of these findings on the interpretation of previously published rhodopsin NMR data are discussed.
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McLean, Neville
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Brown, Richard C.D.
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DeGrip, Willem J.
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McLean, Neville
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Brown, Richard C.D.
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DeGrip, Willem J.
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Levitt, Malcolm H.
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Concistre, Maria, Gansmuller, Axel, McLean, Neville, Johannessen, Ole G., Marin Montesinos, Ildefonso, Bovee-Geurts, Petra H.M., Brown, Richard C.D., DeGrip, Willem J. and Levitt, Malcolm H. (2009) Light penetration and photoisomerization in rhodopsin studied by numerical simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (17), 6133-6140. (doi:10.1021/ja809878c).

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The penetration of light into optically thick samples containing the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin is studied by numerical finite-element simulations and double-quantum solid-state NMR experiments. Illumination with white light leads to the generation of the active bathorhodopsin photostate in the outer layer of the sample but generates a large amount of the side product, isorhodopsin, in the sample interior. The overall yield of bathorhodopsin is improved by using monochromatic 420 nm illumination and by mixing the sample with transparent glass beads. The implications of these findings on the interpretation of previously published rhodopsin NMR data are discussed.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 8 April 2009
Published date: 6 May 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 146421
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/146421
ISSN: 0002-7863
PURE UUID: 2322edd4-7682-4e9e-aed5-65ab578dd24a
ORCID for Maria Concistre: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-0782
ORCID for Richard C.D. Brown: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-7087
ORCID for Malcolm H. Levitt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9878-1180

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Date deposited: 21 Apr 2010 13:15
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Author: Maria Concistre ORCID iD
Author: Axel Gansmuller
Author: Neville McLean
Author: Ole G. Johannessen
Author: Ildefonso Marin Montesinos
Author: Petra H.M. Bovee-Geurts
Author: Willem J. DeGrip

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