Cis- Trans Reisomerization Preceding Reprotonation of the Retinal Chromophore Is Common to the Schizorhodopsin Family: A Simple and Rational Mechanism for Inward Proton Pumping
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Cis- Trans Reisomerization Preceding Reprotonation of the Retinal Chromophore Is Common to the Schizorhodopsin Family: A Simple and Rational Mechanism for Inward Proton Pumping
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Correction to "Cis-Trans Reisomerization Preceding Reprotonation of the Retinal Chromophore Is Common to the Schizorhodopsin Family: A Simple and Rational Mechanism for Inward Proton Pumping".J Phys Chem B. 2025 Aug 10. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c04900. Online ahead of print. J Phys Chem B. 2025. PMID: 40785130 No abstract available.
Abstract
The creation of unidirectional ion transporters across membranes represents one of the greatest challenges in chemistry. Proton-pumping rhodopsins are composed of seven transmembrane helices with a retinal chromophore bound to a lysine side chain via a Schiff base linkage and provide valuable insights for designing such transporters. What makes these transporters particularly intriguing is the discovery of both outward and inward proton-pumping rhodopsins. Surprisingly, despite sharing identical overall structures and membrane topologies, these proteins facilitate proton transport in opposite directions, implying an underlying rational mechanism that can transport protons in different directions within similar protein structures. In this study, we unraveled this mechanism by examining the chromophore structures of deprotonated intermediates in schizorhodopsins, a recently discovered subfamily of inward proton-pumping rhodopsins, using time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy. The photocycle of schizorhodopsins revealed the cis-trans thermal isomerization that precedes reprotonation at the Schiff base of the retinal chromophore. Notably, this order has not been observed in other proton-pumping rhodopsins, but here, it was observed in all seven schizorhodopsins studied across the archaeal domain, strongly suggesting that cis-trans thermal isomerization preceding reprotonation is a universal feature of the schizorhodopsin family. Based on these findings, we propose a structural basis for the remarkable order of events crucial for facilitating inward proton transport. The mechanism underlying inward proton transport by schizorhodopsins is straightforward and rational. The insights obtained from this study hold great promise for the design of transmembrane unidirectional ion transporters.
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