Yasuhisa Mizutani

Structural inhomogeneity and inter-chromophore electronic/protein-mediated coupling in the Gloeobacter rhodopsin–canthaxanthin complex: Insights from resonance Raman spectroscopy

Microbial rhodopsins are photoreceptive membrane proteins that utilize retinal as a chromophore to absorb light and drive diverse photochemical functions. Recent studies have revealed that some microbial rhodopsins bind carotenoids in addition to retinal. The bound carotenoids ma...