Cartoon representation of the molecular structure of protein Archaerhodopsin-1 registered with PBD code
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purple bacteriorhodopsin in Halobacteria at Cargill's salt evaporation ponds in San Francisco Bay, located at Newark, California
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Microbial rhodopsin, also known as type-I rhodopsin, is a photochemically active membrane protein composed of seven transmembrane alpha-helices with a retinal chromophore. It includes light-driven proton pumps, ion pumps and ion channels, as well as light sensors. Microbial rhodopsins are found in all three domains of life: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota, as well as in viruses. It is rare in complex multicellular organisms.[2][3]
Contents
- 1 Nomenclature
- 2 Table
- 3 The Ion-Translocating Microbial Rhodopsin Family
- 3.1 Structure
- 3.2 Function
- 4 Homologues
- 4.1 Anabaena sensory rhodopsin
- 4.2 Bacteriorhodopsins and Halorhodopsins
- 4.3 Marine Bacterial Rhodopsin
- 4.4 Channelrhodopsins
- 4.5 Archaerhodopsin
- 5 Transport Reaction
- 6 References
Nomenclature
Rhodopsin was originally a synonym for "visual purple", a visual pigment (light-sensitive molecule) found in the retinas of frogs and other vertebrates, used for dim-light vision, and usually found in rod cells. This is still the meaning of rhodopsin in the narrow sense. In the broad sense, rhodopsin refers to any molecule consisting of an opsin and a chromophore (generally a variant of retinal). The term bacterial rhodopsin originally referred to the first microbial rhodopsin discovered, known today as bacteriorhodopsin. Since then, other microbial rhodopsins have been discovered, rendering the term bacterial rhodopsin ambiguous.[4][5]
Table
Below is a list of some of the more well-known microbial rhodopsins and some of their properties.
| Function |
Name |
Abbr. |
Ref. |
| proton pump (H+) |
bacteriorhodopsin |
BR |
[6] |
| proton pump (H+) |
proteorhodopsin |
PR |
[6] |
| proton pump (H+) |
archaerhodopsin |
Arch |
[7] |
| proton pump (H+) |
xanthorhodopsin |
xR |
[8] |
| cation channel (+) |
channelrhodopsin |
ChR |
[9] |
| cation pump (Na+) |
Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 |
KR2 |
[10] |
| anion pump (Cl-) |
halorhodopsin |
HR |
[6] |
| photosensor |
sensory rhodopsin I |
SR-I |
[6] |
| photosensor |
sensory rhodopsin II |
SR-II |
[6] |
| photosensor |
Neurospora opsin I |
NOP-I |
[9][11] |
| light-activated enzyme |
rhodopsin guanylyl cyclase |
RhGC |
[12] |
The Ion-Translocating Microbial Rhodopsin Family
The Ion-translocating Microbial Rhodopsin (MR) Family (TC# 3.E.1) is a member of the APC Superfamily of secondary carriers. Members of the MR family catalyze light-driven ion translocation across microbial cytoplasmic membranes or serve as light receptors. Most proteins of the MR family are all of about the same size (250-350 amino acyl residues) and possess seven transmembrane helical spanners with their N-termini on the outside and their C-termini on the inside. There are 8 subfamilies in the MR family:[13]
(1) Bacteriorhodopsins pump protons out of the cell;
(2) Halorhodopsins pump chloride (and other anions such as bromide, iodide and nitrate) into the cell;
(3) Sensory rhodopsins, which normally function as receptors for phototactic behavior, are capable of pumping protons out of the cell if dissociated from their transducer proteins;
(4) the Fungal Chaparones are stress-induced proteins of ill-defined biochemical function, but this subfamily also includes a H+-pumping rhodopsin;[14]
(5) the bacterial rhodopsin, called Proteorhodopsin, is a light-driven proton pump that functions as does bacteriorhodopsins;
(6) the Neurospora crassa retinal-containing receptor serves as a photoreceptor (Neurospora ospin I);[15]
(7) the green algal light-gated proton channel, Channelrhodpsin-1;
(8) Sensory rhodopsins from cyanobacteria.
A phylogenetic analysis of microbial rhodopsins and a detailed analysis of potential examples of horizontal gene transfer have been published.[16]
Structure
High-resolution structures are available for three of the archaeal proteins, bacteriorhodopsin (4QI1),[17] sensory rhodopsin II (3QAP),[18] halorhodopsin (3QBG) [19] as well as an Anabaena cyanobacterial sensory rhodopsin (2M3G) (TC# 3.E.1.1.6).[20]
A crystallographic structure of xanthorhodopsin at 1.9 Å resolution (3DDL) revealed a dual chromophore, the geometry of the carotenoid and the retinal.[21] The close approach of the 2 polyenes at their ring ends explains why the efficiency of the excited-state energy transfer is as high as approximately 45%, and the 46 degree angle between them suggests that the chromophore location is a compromise between optimal capture of light of all polarization angles and excited-state energy transfer. At 1.9 Å resolution, the structure revealed a light-driven proton pump with a dual chromophore. Ion-transporting rhodopsins of marine bacteria have been reviewed.[22][23]
There are several other crystal structures for members of the MR family available in RCSB. A list of currently available structures is also available in TCDB.
Function
The association of sensory rhodopsins with their transducer proteins appears to determine whether they function as transporters or receptors. Association of a sensory rhodopsin receptor with its transducer occurs via the transmembrane helical domains of the two interacting proteins. There are two sensory rhodopsins in any one halophilic archaeon, one (SRI) that responds positively to orange light but negatively to blue light, the other (SRII) that responds only negatively to blue light. Each transducer is specific for its cognate receptor. An x-ray structure of SRII complexed with its transducer (HtrII) at 1.94 Å resolution is available (1H2S).[24] Molecular and evolutionary aspects of the light-signal transduction by microbial sensory receptors have been reviewed.[23]
Homologues
Homologues include putative fungal chaparone proteins, a retinal-containing rhodopsin from Neurospora crassa,[25] a H+-pumping rhodopsin from Leptosphaeria maculans,[14] retinal-containing proton pumps isolated from marine bacteria,[26] a green light-activated photoreceptor in cyanobacteria that does not pump ions and interacts with a small (14 kDa) soluble transducer protein [20][27] and light-gated H+ channels from the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.[28] The N. crassa NOP-1 protein exhibits a photocycle and conserved H+ translocation residues that suggest that this putative photoreceptor is a slow H+ pump.[14][29][30]
Most of the MR family homologues in yeast and fungi are of about the same size and topology as the archaeal proteins (283-344 amino acyl residues; 7 putative transmembrane α-helical segments), but they are heat shock- and toxic solvent-induced proteins of unknown biochemical function. They have been suggested to function as pmf-driven chaperones that fold extracellular proteins, but only indirect evidence supports this postulate.[15] The MR family is distantly related to the 7 TMS LCT family (TC# 2.A.43).[15]
All members that are currently known to belong to the MR family can be found in the Transporter Classification Database.
Anabaena sensory rhodopsin
The Anabaena sensory rhodopsin exhibits light-induced interconversion between 13-cis and all trans states.[20] The ratio of its cis and trans chromophore forms depends on the wavelength of illumination, thus providing a mechanism for a single protein to signal the color of light, for example, to regulate color-sensitive processes such as chromatic adaptation in photosynthesis. Its cytoplasmic half channel, highly hydrophobic in the archaeal rhodopsins, contains numerous hydrophilic residues networked by water molecules, providing a connection from the photoactive site to the cytoplasmic surface believed to interact with the receptor's soluble 14-kilodalton transducer.
Bacteriorhodopsins and Halorhodopsins
Bacterio- and halorhodopsins pump 1 H+ and 1 Cl- per photon absorbed, respectively. Specific transport mechanisms and pathways have been proposed.[19][31][32] The mechanism involves:
(1) photo-isomerization of the retinal and its initial configurational changes,
(2) deprotonation of the retinal Schiff base and the coupled release of a proton to the extracellular membrane surface,
(3) the switch event that allows reprotonation of the Schiff base from the cytoplasmic side.
Six structural models describe the transformations of the retinal and its interaction with water 402, Asp85, and Asp212 in atomic detail, as well as the displacements of functional residues farther from the Schiff base. The changes provide rationales for how relaxation of the distorted retinal causes movements of water and protein atoms that result in vectorial proton transfers to and from the Schiff base.[31] Helix deformation is coupled to vectorial proton transport in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin.[33]
Most residues participating in the trimerization are not conserved in bacteriorhodopsin, a homologous protein capable of forming a trimeric structure in the absence of bacterioruberin. Despite a large alteration in the amino acid sequence, the shape of the intratrimer hydrophobic space filled by lipids is highly conserved between aR2 and bacteriorhodopsin. Since a transmembrane helix facing this space undergoes a large conformational change during the proton pumping cycle, it is feasible that trimerization is an important strategy to capture special lipid components that are relevant to the protein activity.[34]
Marine Bacterial Rhodopsin
The marine bacterial rhodopsin has been reported to function as a proton pump. However, it most closely resembles sensory rhodopsin II of archaea as well as an Orf from the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (AF290180). These proteins exhibit 20-30% identity with each other.
Channelrhodopsins
Channelrhodopsin-1 (ChR1) or channelopsin-1 (Chop1; Cop3; CSOA) of C. reinhardtii is most closely related to the archaeal sensory rhodopsins. It has 712 aas with a signal peptide, followed by a short amphipathic region, and then a hydrophobic N-terminal domain with seven probable TMSs (residues 76-309) followed by a long hydrophilic C-terminal domain of about 400 residues. Part of the C-terminal hydrophilic domain is homologous to intersectin (EH and SH3 domain protein 1A) of animals (AAD30271).
Chop1 serves as a light-gated proton channel and mediates phototaxis and photophobic responses in green algae.[28] Based on this phenotype, Chop1 could be assigned to TC category #1.A, but because it belongs to a family in which well-characterized homologues catalyze active ion transport, it is assigned to the MR family. Expression of the chop1 gene, or a truncated form of that gene encoding only the hydrophobic core (residues 1-346 or 1-517) in frog oocytes in the presence of all-trans retinal produces a light-gated conductance that shows characteristics of a channel passively but selectively permeable to protons. This channel activity probably generates bioelectric currents.[28]
A homologue of ChR1 in C. reinhardtii is channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2; Chop2; Cop4; CSOB). This protein is 57% identical, 10% similar to ChR1. It forms a cation-selective ion channel activated by light absorption. It transports both monovalent and divalent cations. It desensitizes to a small conductance in continuous light. Recovery from desensitization is accelerated by extracellular H+ and a negative membrane potential. It may be a photoreceptor for dark adapted cells.[35] A transient increase in hydration of transmembrane α-helices with a t(1/2) = 60 μs tallies with the onset of cation permeation. Aspartate 253 accepts the proton released by the Schiff base (t(1/2) = 10 μs), with the latter being reprotonated by aspartic acid 156 (t(1/2) = 2 ms). The internal proton acceptor and donor groups, corresponding to D212 and D115 in bacteriorhodopsin, are clearly different from other microbial rhodopsins, indicating that their spatial position in the protein was relocated during evolution. E90 deprotonates exclusively in the nonconductive state. The observed proton transfer reactions and the protein conformational changes relate to the gating of the cation channel.[36]
Archaerhodopsin
Archaerhodopsin-2 (aR2), a retinal protein-carotenoid complex found in the claret membrane of Halorubrum sp. aus-2, functions as a light-driven proton pump. Trigonal and hexagonal crystals revealed that trimers are arranged on a honeycomb lattice.[34] In these crystals, the carotenoid bacterioruberin binds to crevices between the subunits of the trimer. Its polyene chain is inclined from the membrane normal by an angle of about 20 degrees and, on the cytoplasmic side, it is surrounded by helices AB and DE of neighboring subunits. This peculiar binding mode suggests that bacterioruberin plays a striking structural role for the trimerization of aR2. When compared with the aR2 structure in another crystal form containing no bacterioruberin, the proton release channel takes a more closed conformation in the P321 or P6(3) crystal; i.e., the native conformation of protein is stabilized in the trimeric protein-bacterioruberin complex.
Transport Reaction
The generalized transport reaction for bacterio- and sensory rhodopsins is:[13]
- H+ (in) + hν → H+ (out).
That for halorhodopsin is:
- Cl- (out) + hν → Cl- (in).
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