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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Product formation in rhodopsin by fast hydrogen motions†

Oliver Weingart,*a   Piero Altoè,b   Marco Stenta,c   Andrea Bottoni,b   Giorgio Orlandib  and  Marco Garavelli*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhem-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
E-mail: Weingart@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de

b Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamicia”, Universita' degli Studi di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
E-mail: marco.garavelli@unibo.it

c Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SV IBI1 UPDALPE, AAB 017, Station 15, Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

The photochemical cis–transisomerization 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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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP02496A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Nov 2010
Accepted
22 Dec 2010
First published
18 Jan 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 3645-3648

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Product formation in rhodopsin by fast hydrogen motions

O. Weingart, P. Altoè, M. Stenta, A. Bottoni, G. Orlandi and M. Garavelli, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 3645 DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02496A

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