Product formation in rhodopsin by fast hydrogen motions
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics2011Vol. 13(9), pp. 3645–3645
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Abstract
The photochemical cis-trans isomerization of retinal in rhodopsin is investigated by structure sampling and excited state QM/MM trajectories with surface hopping. The calculations uncover the motions responsible for photoproduct formation and elucidate the reasons behind the efficient photoisomerization in the primary event of visual transduction.
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