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Substitution of Pro206 and Ser86 Residues in the Retinal Binding Pocket of Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin is Not Sufficient for Proton Pumping Function

  • Choi, Ah-Reum (Department of Life Science and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University) ;
  • Kim, So-Young (Department of Life Science and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University) ;
  • Yoon, Sa-Ryong (Department of Life Science and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University) ;
  • Bae, Ki-Ho (Department of Life Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jung, Kwang-Hwang (Department of Life Science and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University)
  • Published : 2007.01.31
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Abstract

Anabaena sensory rhodopsin is a seven transmembrane protein that uses all-trans/13-cis retinal as a chromophore. About 22 residues in the retinal-binding pocket of microbial rhodopsins are conserved and important to control the quality of absorbing light and the function of ion transport or sensory transduction. The absorption maximum is 550 nm in the presence of all-trans retinal at dark. Here, we mutated Pro206 to Glu or Asp, of which the residue is conserved as Asp among all other microbial rhodopsins, and the absorption maximum and pKa of the proton acceptor group were measured by absorption spectroscopy at various pHs. Anabaena rhodopsin was expressed best in Escherichia coli in the absence of extra leader sequence when exogenous all-trans retinal was added. The wild-type Anabaena rhodopsin showed small absorption maximum changes between pH4 and 11. In addition, Pro206Asp showed 46 nm blue-shift at pH7.0. Pro206Glu or Asp may change the contribution to the electron distribution of the retinal that is involved in the major role of color tuning for this pigment. The critical residue Ser86 (Asp 96 position in bacteriorhodopsin: proton donor) for the pumping activity was replaced with Asp, but it did not change the proton pumping activity of Anabaena rhodopsin.

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