Abstract
Car-Parrinello simulations were used to study two types of protonated hydrogen-bonded networks inside the proton pump bacteriorhodopsin (see picture). The computed infrared spectra exhibit complementary absorption continua, a finding that could possibly open the door to time-resolved spectroscopic probes of proton transport on the molecular level.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4804-4807 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 36 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 4 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biophysics
- Density functional calculations
- IR spectroscopy
- Ion channels
- Molecular dynamics
- Proton transport