Biophysical Journal 73: 1001-1006 (1997)
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Localization and orientation of functional water molecules in bacteriorhodopsin as revealed by polarized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Linear dichroic difference Fourier transform infrared spectra upon formation of the M photointermediate were recorded with oriented purple membranes. The purpose was to determine the angle of the directions of the dipole moments of 1) the water molecule whose O-H stretching vibration appears at 3643 cm-1 for the unphotolyzed state and 3671 cm-1 for the M intermediate, and 2) the C=O bond of protonated Asp85 in the M intermediate. The angle of 36 degrees we find for the C=O of the protonated Asp85 in the M intermediate is not markedly different from 26 degrees for unprotonated Asp85 in the model based on cryoelectron diffraction, indicating the absence of gross orientation changes in Asp85 upon its protonation. The O-H band at 3671 cm-1 of a water molecule in the M intermediate, although its position has not determined, is fixed almost parallel to the membrane plane. For the unphotolyzed state the angle of the water O-H to the membrane normal was determined to be 60 degrees. On the basis of these data and the structural model, we place the water molecule in the unphotolyzed state at a position where it forms hydrogen bonds with the Schiff base, Asp85, Asp212, and Trp86.

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