FOR 490:  Molecular Mechanisms of Retinal Protein Action: A Combination of Theoretical Approaches

• Subject Area: Physics ; Biology ; Chemistry
• Term: from 2002 to 2008
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5469831

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• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Computer simulation of anion pumping by retinal proteins (Applicant Fischer, Ph.D., Stefan )
• Computer Simulation of Conformation-Coupled Proton Transfer in Bacteriorhodopsin (Applicant Suhai, Sandor )
• Computer simulation of the proton transfer pathways at the extracellular side of bacteriorhodopsin and calculation of IR spectra of the photocycle intermediates (Applicant Suhai, Sandor )
• DFTB QM/MM calculations of retinal protein excited states (Applicant Elstner, Marcus )
• Excited state dynamics in the early stages of the bR and Rh photocycle (Applicant Frauenheim, Thomas )
• Excited state dynamics in the early stages of the bR and Rh photocycle (Applicant Frauenheim, Thomas )
• Mechanisms of the Opsin Shift (Applicant Buß, Volker )
• Mechanisms of the Opsin Shift (Applicant Buß, Volker )
• Molecular Mechanisms of Retinal Protein Action: Coordination Project (Applicant Frauenheim, Thomas )
• Proton transfer and conformational dynamics in the M2-to-O steps of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle (Applicant Smith, Jeremy Christopher )
• QM/MM calculations of retinal protein excited states: Investigating the mechanisms of color tuning (Applicant Elstner, Marcus )
• Regulation of the Proton Pumping Activity of Bacteriorhodopsin - The influence of Membrane Potential and Proton Gradient (Applicant Ullmann, Matthias )
• Structures of the first intermediates of the visual cascade (Applicant Entel, Peter )
• Structures of the first intermediates of the visual cascade (Applicant Entel, Peter )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Thomas Frauenheim
• Deputy: Professor Dr. Jeremy Christopher Smith