We show that the speed of the chromophore photoisomerization of animal rhodopsins is not a relevant control knob for their light sensitivity. This result is at odds with the momentum-driven tunnelling rationale (i.e., assuming a one-dimensional Landau-Zener model for the decay: Zener, C. Non-Adiabatic Crossing of Energy Levels. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 1932, 137 (833), 696-702) holding that a faster nuclear motion through the conical intersection translates into a higher quantum yield and, thus, light sensitivity. Instead, a model based on the phase-matching of specific excited state vibrational modes should be considered. Using extensive semiclassical hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics trajectory computations to simulate the photoisomerization of three animal rhodopsin models (visual rhodopsin, squid rhodopsin and human melanopsin), we also demonstrate that phase-matching between three different modes (the reactive carbon and hydrogen twisting coordinates and the bond length alternation mode) is required to achieve high quantum yields. In fact, such "phase-matching" mechanism explains the computational results and provides a tool for the prediction of the photoisomerization outcome in retinal proteins.
El-Tahawy Mohsen M. T., N.A. (2018). Relationship between Excited State Lifetime and Isomerization Quantum Yield in Animal Rhodopsins: Beyond the One-Dimensional Landau-Zener Model. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 9(12), 3315-3322 [10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01062].
Relationship between Excited State Lifetime and Isomerization Quantum Yield in Animal Rhodopsins: Beyond the One-Dimensional Landau-Zener Model
El-Tahawy Mohsen M. T.;Nenov Artur;Weingart Oliver;Olivucci Massimo
;Garavelli Marco
2018
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We show that the speed of the chromophore photoisomerization of animal rhodopsins is not a relevant control knob for their light sensitivity. This result is at odds with the momentum-driven tunnelling rationale (i.e., assuming a one-dimensional Landau-Zener model for the decay: Zener, C. Non-Adiabatic Crossing of Energy Levels. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 1932, 137 (833), 696-702) holding that a faster nuclear motion through the conical intersection translates into a higher quantum yield and, thus, light sensitivity. Instead, a model based on the phase-matching of specific excited state vibrational modes should be considered. Using extensive semiclassical hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics trajectory computations to simulate the photoisomerization of three animal rhodopsin models (visual rhodopsin, squid rhodopsin and human melanopsin), we also demonstrate that phase-matching between three different modes (the reactive carbon and hydrogen twisting coordinates and the bond length alternation mode) is required to achieve high quantum yields. In fact, such "phase-matching" mechanism explains the computational results and provides a tool for the prediction of the photoisomerization outcome in retinal proteins.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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