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SUBMITTER: Berbasova T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104655 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berbasova Tetyana T Nosrati Meisam M Vasileiou Chrysoula C Wang Wenjing W Lee Kin Sing Stephen KS Yapici Ipek I Geiger James H JH Borhan Babak B
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20131018 43
Reengineering of cellular retinoic acid binding protein II (CRABPII) to be capable of binding retinal as a protonated Schiff base is described. Through rational alterations of the binding pocket, electrostatic perturbations of the embedded retinylidene chromophore that favor delocalization of the iminium charge lead to exquisite control in the regulation of chromophoric absorption properties, spanning the visible spectrum (474-640 nm). The pKa of the retinylidene protonated Schiff base was modul ...[more]