<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Song, Li</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dong, J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">El-Sayed, Mostafa A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Studies of cation binding in ZnCl2-regenerated bacteriorhodopsin by x-ray absorption fine structures: effects of removing water molecules and adding Cl- ions.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical journal</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophys. J.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bacteriorhodopsins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Binding Sites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chlorides</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kinetics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ligands</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spectrum Analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-Rays</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc Compounds</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997 Oct</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2097-105</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The binding of Zn2+ in Zn2+-regenerated bacteriorhodopsin (bR) was studied under various conditions by x-ray absorption fine structures (XAFS). The 0.9:1 and 2:1 Zn2+:bR samples gave similar XAFS spectra, suggesting that Zn2+ might have only one strong binding site in bR. It was found that in aqueous bR solution, Zn2+ has an average of six oxygen or nitrogen ligands. Upon drying, two ligands are lost, suggesting the existence of two weakly bound water ligands near the cation-binding site in bacteriorhodopsin. When excess Cl- ions were present before drying in the Zn2+-regenerated bR samples, it was found that two of the ligands were replaced by Cl- ions in the dried film, whereas two remain unchanged. The above observations suggest that Zn2+ has three types of ligands in regenerated bR (referred to as types I, II, and III). Type I ligands are strongly bound. These ligands cannot be removed by drying or by exchanging with Cl- ions. Type II ligands cannot be removed by drying, but can be replaced by Cl- ligands. Type III ligands are weakly bound to the metal cation and are most likely water molecules that can be removed by evaporation under vacuum or by drying with anhydrous CaSO4. The results are discussed in terms of the possible structure of the strongly binding site of Zn2+ in bR.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9336205?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1><electronic-resource-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78240-7</style></electronic-resource-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roselli, Cecile</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boussac, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mattioli, T A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Griffiths, Jennifer A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">El-Sayed, Mostafa A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Detection of a Yb3+ binding site in regenerated bacteriorhodopsin that is coordinated with the protein and phospholipid head groups.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bacteriorhodopsins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Binding Sites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metals, Rare Earth</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phospholipids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retinaldehyde</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996 Dec 10</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">93</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14333-7</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Near infrared Yb3+ vibronic sideband spectroscopy was used to characterize specific lanthanide binding sites in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and retinal free bacteriorhodopsin (bO). The VSB spectra for deionized bO regenerated with a ratio of 1:1 and 2:1 ion to bO are identical. Application of a two-dimensional anti-correlation technique suggests that only a single Yb3+ site is observed. The Yb3+ binding site in bO is observed to consist of PO2- groups and carboxylic acid groups, both of which are bound in a bidentate manner. An additional contribution most likely arising from a phenolic group is also observed. This implies that the ligands for the observed single binding site are the lipid head groups and amino acid residues. The vibronic sidebands of Yb3+ in deionized bR regenerated at a ratio of 2:1 ion to bR are essentially identical to those in bO. The other high-affinity binding site is thus either not evident or its fluorescence is quenched. A discussion is given on the difference in binding of Ca2+ (or Mg2+) and lanthanides in phospholipid membrane proteins.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8962051?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Logunov, Stephan L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">El-Sayed, Mostafa A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lanyi, Janos K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Replacement effects of neutral amino acid residues of different molecular volumes in the retinal binding cavity of bacteriorhodopsin on the dynamics of its primary process.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical journal</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophys. J.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bacteriorhodopsins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Binding Sites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halobacterium salinarum</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kinetics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mutagenesis, Site-Directed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photochemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quantum Theory</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retinaldehyde</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schiff Bases</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996 Jun</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">70</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2875-81</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We have determined the rate and quantum yield of retinal photoisomerization, the spectra of the primary transients, and the energy stored in the K intermediate in the photocycle of some bacteriorhodopsin mutants (V49A, A53G, and W182F) in which residue replacements are found to change the Schiff base deprotonation kinetics (and thus the protein-retinal interaction). Because of their change in the local volume resulting from these individual replacements, these substitutions perturb the proton donor-acceptor relative orientation change and thus the Schiff base deprotonation kinetics. These replacements are thus expected to change the charge distribution around the retinal, which controls its photoisomerization dynamics. Subpicosecond transient spectroscopy as well as photoacoustic technique are used to determine the retinal photoisomerization rate, quantum yield, and the energy stored in the K-intermediate for these mutants. The results are compared with those obtained for wild-type bacteriorhodopsin and other mutants in which charged residues in the cavity are replaced by neutral ones. In some of the mutants the rate of photoisomerization is changed, but in none is the quantum yield or the energy stored in the K intermediate altered from that in the wild type. These results are discussed in terms of the shapes of the potential energy surfaces of the excited and ground states of retinal in the perpendicular configuration within the protein and the stabilization of the positive charge in the ground and the excited state of the electronic system of retinal.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8744325?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1><electronic-resource-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79857-0</style></electronic-resource-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yang, Difei</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">El-Sayed, Mostafa A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Ca2+ binding to deionized monomerized and to retinal removed bacteriorhodopsin.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical journal</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophys. J.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bacteriorhodopsins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Binding Sites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biophysics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Calcium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrochemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halobacterium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kinetics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Conformation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retinaldehyde</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1995</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1995 Nov</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">69</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2056-9</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In our continuing effort to characterize the metal cation binding in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) using Ca(2+)-specific electrodes, potentiometric titration was carried out on deionized solubilized bR (containing monomeric units) and deionized bacterioopsin (bR with its retinal removed). Scatchard plots were analyzed. The monomer was found to have plots similar to those of the trimer, suggesting that the binding sites in bR are localized within the protein monomer unit and not between the molecules within the trimer structure. This also supports the previous assumption that the curvature in the Scatchard plot of regenerated bR is not due to cooperativity of metal cation within the trimer, but rather due to multiple sites. Recent studies further support the finding that the curved Scatchard plot is not due to the cooperativity between the metal ions in the two high affinity sites, wherever they are. The results of the analysis of the Scatchard plot for deionized bacterioopsin have shown a change in the binding characteristics of the high affinity but not the low affinity sites from that observed in bR. This result supports previous conclusions that metal cations in the high affinity sites are not far from the retinal cavity.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8580348?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1><electronic-resource-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80075-5</style></electronic-resource-num></record></records></xml>