A proton pathway with large proton polarizability and the proton pumping mechanism in bacteriorhodopsin - Fourier transform difference spectra of photoproducts of bacteriorhodopsin and of its pentademethyl analogue

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-2860(92)80123-Y

The first part of the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) (BR₅₇₀, K₆₃₀, L₅₅₀ and M₄₁₂) is studied by difference Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.These results are compared with the respective dif