Renard M, Thirion P, Delmelle M
Biophys J. 1983 Nov;44(2):211-8. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(83)84293-3.
Photoacoustic spectroscopy was applied to study the energetics and the kinetics of the slow intermediates of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. An analysis of the modulation frequency dependence of the photoacoustic signal allowed us to estimate the enthalpy changes and the kinetic parameters associated with those intermediates. The effects of pH, salt concentration, and protein aggregation were studied. Three photoacoustic transitions were found. The two low frequency transitions were attributed to O660 and M412, respectively. The third transition was interpreted as resulting from a protein conformational change undetected spectrophotometrically. The frequency spectra were simulated between 5 and 180 Hz at pH's 5.1, 7.0, and 8.9 assuming a branching in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle at the M412 level. The enthalpy changes associated with M412 and O660 were computed and compared with the experimental values.
光声光谱法被用于研究细菌视紫红质光循环中慢中间体的能量学和动力学。对光声信号的调制频率依赖性进行分析,使我们能够估算与这些中间体相关的焓变和动力学参数。研究了pH值、盐浓度和蛋白质聚集的影响。发现了三个光声跃迁。两个低频跃迁分别归因于O660和M412。第三个跃迁被解释为是由分光光度法未检测到的蛋白质构象变化引起的。假设细菌视紫红质光循环在M412水平处有分支,在pH值为5.1、7.0和8.9时,对5至180Hz之间的频谱进行了模拟。计算了与M412和O660相关的焓变,并与实验值进行了比较。