TY - JOUR
T1 - Ab initio, tight-binding and QM/MM calculations of the rhodopsin chromophore in its binding pocket
AU - Sugihara, Minoru
AU - Buss, Volker
AU - Entel, Peter
AU - Hafner, Juergen
AU - Bondar, A A
AU - Elstner, Marcus
AU - Frauenheim, T
N1 - DOI: 10.1080/1411590310001621564
Coden: PHTRD
Affiliations: Institute of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany; Institute of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany; Ctr. for Compl. Materials Science, University of Vienna, 1098 Vienna, Austria; IWR, Computational Molecular Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Physics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Adressen: Sugihara, M.; Institute of Physics; University of Duisburg-Essen 47048 Duisburg, Germany; email: [email protected]
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PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1080/1411590310001621564
DO - 10.1080/1411590310001621564
M3 - Meeting abstract/Conference paper
SN - 0141-1594
VL - 77
SP - 31
EP - 45
JO - Phase Transitions: a multinational journal
JF - Phase Transitions: a multinational journal
IS - 1-2
ER -