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Role of Arg-72 of pharaonis Phoborhodopsin (Sensory Rhodopsin II) on its Photochemistry

Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Correspondence: Address reprint requests to Naoki Kamo, Tel.: 81-11-706-3923; Fax: 81-11-706-4984; E-mail: nkamo{at}pharm.hokudai.ac.jp.

Pharaonis phoborhodopsin (ppR, or pharaonis sensory rhodopsin II, NpsRII) is a sensor for the negative phototaxis of Natronomonas (Natronobacterium) pharaonis. Arginine 72 of ppR corresponds to Arg-82 of bacteriorhodopsin, which is a highly conserved residue among microbial rhodopsins. Using various Arg-72 ppR mutants, we obtained the following results: 1), Arg-72^ppR together possibly with Asp-193 influenced the pK_a of the counterion of the protonated Schiff base. 2), The M-rise became approximately four times faster than the wild-type. 3), Illumination causes proton uptake and release, and the pH profiles of the sequence of these two proton movements were different between R72A mutant and the wild-type; it is inferred that Arg-72 connects the proton transfer events occurring at both the Schiff base and an extracellular proton-releasing residue (Asp-193). 4), The M-decays of Arg-72 mutants were faster (8–27 folds at pH 8 depending on mutants) than the wild-type, implying that the guanidinium prevents the proton transfer from the extracellular space to the deprotonated Schiff base. 5), The proton-pumping activities were decreased for mutants having increased M-decay rates, but the extent of the decrease was smaller than expected. The role of Arg-72 of ppR on the photochemistry was discussed.

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