Interpretation of the resonance Raman spectrum of bathorhodopsin based on visual pigment analogs
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Abstract
Resonance Raman spectra of visual pigment analogues have been used to evaluate various models for the structure of the retinal chromophore in bathorhodopsin. Deuteration or removal of the 18-methyl on the beta-ionyl ring or of the 19-methyl on the polyene chain demonstrates that the three intense low wavenumber bands of bathorhodopsin at 853, 875, and 920 cm-1 are not due to exomethylene or ring modes. Rather, assignment of these lines to out-of-plane vinyl hydrogen motions on the chain best accounts for the experimental data. Our calculations show that the intensity of these vibrations can be explained by twists of 10-30 degrees about chain single bonds. The 1100-1400-cm-1 Raman fingerprint indicates that the configuration of the double bonds is trans. This suggests that the structure of the bathorhodopsin chromophore is twisted all-trans.
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