scholarly journals Color Tuning in Short Wavelength-Sensitive Human and Mouse Visual Pigments: Ab initio Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Studies

2009 ◽  
Vol 113 (43) ◽  
pp. 11685-11692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Altun ◽  
Shozo Yokoyama ◽  
Keiji Morokuma
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Mechanics ◽  
Short Wavelength ◽  
Visual Pigments ◽  
Color Tuning ◽  
Human And Mouse

Computational Photobiology and Beyond

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Schapiro ◽  
Mikhail N. Ryazantsev ◽  
Wan Jian Ding ◽  
Mark M. Huntress ◽  
Federico Melaccio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Mechanics ◽  
Chemical Treatment ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Molecular Devices ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
Computational Investigation

In this paper we review the results of a group of computational studies of the spectroscopy and photochemistry of light-responsive proteins. We focus on the use of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics protocols based on a multiconfigurational quantum chemical treatment. More specifically, we discuss the use, limitations, and application of the ab initio CASPT2//CASSCF protocol that, presently, constitutes the method of choice for the investigation of excited state organic molecules, most notably, biological chromophores and fluorophores. At the end of this Review we will also see how the computational investigation of the visual photoreceptor rhodopsin is providing the basis for the design of light-driven artificial molecular devices.

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