Ab initio, tight-binding and QM/MM calculations of the rhodopsin chromophore in its binding pocket

Minoru Sugihara, Volker Buss, Peter Entel, Juergen Hafner, A A Bondar, Marcus Elstner, T Frauenheim

    Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftMeeting Abstract/Conference Paper

    Abstract

    We present results of ab initio and combined ab initio and force field calculations for the conformational changes of the rhodopsin chromophore in its binding pocket subject to various constraints like the inclusion of a water molecule near the counterion Glul 13. Furthermore, the influence of other charged groups on the stability of the protonated Schiff base is investigated as well as the role of the amino acid threonine (Thr94). The calculations yield a stable protonated Schiff base and a highly twisted conformation of the chromophore which is in agreement with the latest refined set of structure data.
    OriginalspracheEnglisch
    Seiten (von - bis)31-45
    Seitenumfang15
    FachzeitschriftPhase Transitions: a multinational journal
    Jahrgang77
    Ausgabenummer1-2
    DOIs
    PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2004

    ÖFOS 2012

    • 1030 Physik, Astronomie

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