The surface potential on the purple membrane measured using a modified bacteriorhodopsin chromophore as the spectroscopic probe

Benjamin Ehrenberg; Thomas G. Ebrey; Noga Friedman; Mordechai Sheves

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The surface potential on the purple membrane measured using a modified bacteriorhodopsin chromophore as the spectroscopic probe

Benjamin Ehrenberg, Thomas G. Ebrey, Noga Friedman, Mordechai Sheves

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The surface potential of the purple membrane was measured by a novel method by using an artificial bacteriorhodopsin whose chromophore was 13-CF₃ retinal instead of retinal. When attached to the apoprotein by a Schiff base, the intrinsic pK of the 13-CF₃ chromophore is around 7.3. The apparent p_K of this pigment depends on the surface potential and thus on the electrolyte concentration. This allowed us to determine the surface charge density using the Gouy-Chapman equation. The surface charge density was found to be -1.65 ± 0.15 × 10^-3 electronic charges per Å² or about 2 negative charges/bacteriorhodopsin. This large value for the surface potential probably explains both part of the strong apparent association of divalent cations with the membrane and the effect of low salt concentrations on light-induced proton release from the purple membrane.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-182
Number of pages	4
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	250
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(89)80715-x
State	Published - 3 Jul 1989

Keywords

Absorption spectroscopy
Bacteriorhodopsin
Purple membrane
Retinal
Surface charge
Surface potential

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