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Based on the recent finding on the structural difference of seven helix bundles in the all-trans and 13-cis bacteriorhodopsins, the distances among the key groups performing the function of proton translocation as well as their microenvironments have been investigated. Consequently, a pore-gated model was proposed for the light-driven proton-pumping mechanism of bacteriorhodopsin. According to this model, the five double-bounded polyene chain in retinal chromophore can be phenomenologically likened to a molecular “lever,” whose one end links to a “piston” (the β-ionone ring) and the other end to a pump “relay station” (the Schiff base). During the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin, the molecular “lever” is moving up and down as marked by the position change of the “piston,” so as to trigger the gate of pore to open and close alternately. When the “piston” is up, the pore-controlled gate is open so that the water channel from Asp-96 to the Schiff base and that from the Schiff base to Asp-85 is established; when the “piston” is down, the pore-controlled gate is closed and the water channels for proton transportation in both the cytoplasmic half and extracellular half are blocked. The current model allows a consistent interpretation of a great deal of experimental data and also provides a useful basis for further investigating the mechanism of proton pumping by bacteriorhodopsin.
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Chou, KC. Conformational change during photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin and its proton-pumping mechanism. J Protein Chem 12, 337–350 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028196
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