Biophysical Journal 67: 2008-2012 (1994)
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The pH dependence of the subpicosecond retinal photoisomerization process in bacteriorhodopsin: evidence for parallel photocycles.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1569.

ABSTRACT

The pH dependence of the subpicosecond decay of the retinal photoexcited state in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is determined in the pH range 6.8-11.3. A rapid change in the decay rate of the retinal photoexcited state is observed in the pH range 9-10, the same pH range in which a rapid change in the M412 formation kinetics was observed. This observation supports the previously proposed heterogeneity model in which parallel photocycles contribute to the observed pH dependence of the M412 formation kinetics in bR.

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