Butt H J, Fendler K, Bamberg E, Tittor J, Oesterhelt D
Max-Plank-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main, FRG.
EMBO J. 1989 Jun;8(6):1657-63. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1989.tb03556.x.
A spectroscopic and functional analysis of two point-mutated bacteriorhodopsins (BRs) from phototrophic negative halobacterial strains is reported. Bacteriorhodopsin from strain 384 contains a glutamic acid instead of an aspartic acid at position 85 and BR from strain 326 contains asparagine instead of aspartic acid at position 96. Compared to wild-type BR, the M formation in BR Asp85---Glu is accwelerated approximately 10-fold, whereas the M decay in BR Asp96---Asn is slowed down approximately 50-fold at pH6. Purple membrane sheets containing the mutated BRs were oriented and immobilized in polyacrylamide gels or adsorbed to planar lipid films. The measured kinetics of the photocurrents under various conditions agree with the observed photocycle kinetics. The ineffectivity of BR Asp85---Glu resides in the dominance of an inactive species absorbing maximally at approximately 610 nm, while BR Asp96---Asn is ineffective due to its slow photocycle. These experimental results suggest that aspartic acid 96 plays a crucial role for the reprotonation of the Schiff base. Both residues are essential for an effective proton pump.
报道了对来自光合阴性嗜盐菌菌株的两种点突变细菌视紫红质(BRs)的光谱和功能分析。384菌株的细菌视紫红质在85位含有谷氨酸而非天冬氨酸,326菌株的BR在96位含有天冬酰胺而非天冬氨酸。与野生型BR相比,BR Asp85---Glu中M的形成加速了约10倍,而在pH6时,BR Asp96---Asn中M的衰减减慢了约50倍。含有突变BRs的紫膜片在聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中定向固定或吸附到平面脂质膜上。在各种条件下测量的光电流动力学与观察到的光循环动力学一致。BR Asp85---Glu的无效性在于一种在约610nm处吸收最大的无活性物种占主导地位,而BR Asp96---Asn由于其缓慢的光循环而无效。这些实验结果表明,天冬氨酸96对席夫碱的再质子化起着关键作用。这两个残基对于有效的质子泵都是必不可少的。