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Carotenoid response to retinal excitation and photoisomerization dynamics in xanthorhodopsin

Slouf, Vaclav ; Balashov, Sergei P. ; Lanyi, Janos K. ; Pullerits, Tönu LU and Polivka, Tomas (2011) In Chemical Physics Letters 516(1-3). p.96-101
Abstract
We present a comparative study of xanthorhodopsin, a proton pump with the carotenoid salinixanthin serving as an antenna, and the closely related bacteriorhodopsin. Upon excitation of retinal, xanthorhodopsin exhibits a wavy transient absorption pattern in the region between 470 and 540 nm. We interpret this signal as due to electrochromic effect of the transient electric field of excited retinal on salinixanthin. The spectral shift decreases during the retinal dynamics through the ultrafast part of the photocycle. Differences in dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin and xanthorhodopsin are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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96 - 101
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0009-2614
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10.1016/j.cplett.2011.09.062
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  author       = {{Slouf, Vaclav and Balashov, Sergei P. and Lanyi, Janos K. and Pullerits, Tönu and Polivka, Tomas}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemical Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Carotenoid response to retinal excitation and photoisomerization dynamics in xanthorhodopsin}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2011.09.062}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.cplett.2011.09.062}},
  volume       = {{516}},
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