BACTERIORHODOPSIN;
PURPLE MEMBRANE;
PHOTOCYCLE OF N(560);
FLUORESCENCE OF O(640);
Q INTERMEDIATE;
HALOBACTERIUM-HALOBIUM;
D O I:
10.1016/0014-5793(92)80643-U
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
071010 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
The photocycle of the light-adapted purple membrane was studied with a time-resolved fluorometry apparatus: fluorescence of the sample suspension (>660 nm) was pumped with a 633-nm cw laser and the temporal change induced by a 532-nm pulsed laser was measured with a photon-counting-type transient recorder. The formation and the decay of the O640 intermediate were clearly observed in the pH region between 4.0 and 11.4. A photochemical cycle of N560 was apparently driven in alkaline suspension (pH > 9.3). An O-like fluorescent intermediate Q appears and decays with time constants of <0.1 ms and 1.7 +/- 0.2 ms, respectively.