The color of rhodopsins at theab initiomulticonfigurational perturbation theory resolution
- 14 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 103 (46), 17154-17159
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0604048103
Abstract
We demonstrate that "brute force" quantum-mechanics/molecular-mechanics computations based on ab initio (i.e., first principles) multiconfigurational perturbation theory can reproduce the absorption maxima of a set of modified bovine rhodopsins with an accuracy allowing for the analysis of the factors determining their colors. In particular, we show that the theory accounts for the changes in excitation energy even when the proteins display the same charge distribution. Three color-tuning mechanisms, leading to changes of close magnitude, are demonstrated to operate in these conditions. The first is based on the change of the conformation of the conjugated backbone of the retinal chromophore. The second operates through the control of the distance between the positive charge residing on the chromophore and the carboxylate counterion. Finally, the third mechanism operates through the changes in orientation of the chromophore relative to the protein. These results offer perspectives for the unbiased computational design of mutants or chemically modified proteins with wanted optical properties.Keywords
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