Archaerhodopsin

Archaerhodopsin (alternatively known as bacterio-opsin) is a family of receptor proteins that respond to light, found in Archaea. They function similarly to the mammalian protein Rhodopsin, but are structurally distinct. Archaerhodopsins are widely used as optogenetics tools for neuroscience research.

Gene

Archaerhodopsins are light-driven outward proton pump retinal proteins, similar to bacteriorhodopsins,.[1] Archaerododhopsin 1 and 2 (aR-1 and aR-2) represent the first archaerhodopsins founded in Halobacterium family isolated from Australian strains by Mukahata et al., 1988, and Uegaki et al., 1991. Archaerododhopsin 1 and 2 (aR-1 and aR-2), are present in Halobacterial species, Halobacterium sp. Aus-1[2] and Aus-2[3] respectively.

In addition to (aR-1) and (aR-2), Archaerhodopsin-3 (aR-3), is another microbial rhodopsin proton pump founded in Halorubrum sodomense species. That has recently been introduced as a fluorescent voltage sensor.[4] The fourth Archaerhodopsin, Archaerodopsin-4 (aR-4), represents a new member of the microbial rhodopsin family founded in Halobacterium species xz 515 collected from a salt take in Tibet,.[5][6]

Archaerhodopsin proteins mentioned above carried the some ion pumps function but with different amino acid sequences which reflects difference in Halobacteria strains and related ecological habitats. For example, according to Sugiyama et al., 1989 and Ubgaki et al., 1991, the amino acid sequences which were deduced from the structural genes coding the polypeptides of both (aR-1) an (aR-2) indicated that all essential residues are conserved,.[7][3] While Archaerhodopsin-3 protein encoded by aop3 gene is closely related to Archaerodopsin-1 (aR-1) and Archaerodopsin-2 (aR-2) with over 90% homology.[8] However, (aR-4), was found membrane of Halobacterium species xz 515 collected from a salt take in Tibet, shows 87% sequence similarity to aR-1, 97% to aR-2 and 84% to aR-3. Archaerhodopsin gene of xz 515 encoding the protein from helix C to helix G has been identified by H. Wang et al., 2000.[9] The genes encoding archaerhodopsin proteins and its related Halobacterium strains, origins and subcelular location are illustrated in the present table:

  • Archaerhodopsin-1 (AR-1)
  • Archaerhodopsin-2 (AR-2)
  • Archaerhodopsin-3 (AR-3)
  • Archaerhodopsin-BD1 (AR-BD1)
  • Archaerhodopsin-4 (AR-4)

Structure
Archaerhodopsin tertiary structure.
Archaerhodopsin surface model.

Archaerhodopsin a is a protein family composed of 258 to 260 amino acids, depending on the type (AR-1, AR-2, AR-3, AR-4, AR-BD1). These form extracellular, cytoplasmic and helix alpha transmembrane domains, as are multi-pass membrane proteins.[10]

As previously mentioned archaerhodopsin proteic family differentiates itself from the bacteriorhodopsin (bR) proteins by a 55-58% of its primary structure on average.[11]

Differences among archaerodopsine reside also in the location of these. As for example AR-1 is found in Halobacterium sp. SG1 and Halorubrum chaoviator, while AR-2 in Halobacterium sp. AUS-2, AR-3 in Halorubrum sodomense, and AR-BD1 in Halorubrum xinjiangense.

Diagram Key
  • Light/Mint blue: Transmembrane domain
  • Dark blue: Cytoplasmic and extracellular domains.
  • Magenta: Opsin-bound retinal.
  • Light pink: Cytoplasmatic region of cell membrane.
  • Orange: Extracelular region of cell membrane.

Function

Archaerhodopsins act primarily as light-driven proton pumps. They transduce a light signal to change the protein shape and allow the release of protons by using the pigment retinal, similarly to other Opsin proteins. Thus it has two distinct activities: photoreceptor activity and ion channel activity. The biological processes that undertakes thus are the transduction of light stimuli, the transport of protons and the protein-chromophore linkage.[10]

The retinal proteins, bacteriorhodopsin (bR)’ and halorhodopsin (hR) of Halobacterium halobium, are light-driven pumps for the transport of H’ and C1- ions respectively.

Use in research

Archaerhodopsins drive the hyperpolarization of the cell membrane by secreting protons in presence of light, thereby inhibiting action potential firing of neurons.[12] This process is associated to an increase in cytosolic pH linked to the activity of these proteins. These characteristics allow for Archaerhodopsins to be commonly used tools for optogenetic studies as they behave as transmission inhibition factors in presence of light.[13] The proton pump activity can also be used for optogenetic acidification of lysosomes and synaptic vesicles when targeted to these organelles.[14]

History

In the 1960s, a light driven proton pump was discovered in Halobacterium salinarum, and called Bacteriorhodopsin. Over the following years, there were various studies of the membrane of H.salinarum to determine the mechanism of these light-driven proton pumps.

In 1988, another Manabu Yoshida's group at Osaka University reported a novel light-sensitive proton pump from a strain of Halobacterium which they termed Archaerhodopsin.[2] A year later, the same group reported isolating the gene that encodes Archaerhodopsin.[15][16]

Etymology

Archaerhodopsin is named after Archaea, the domain in which the protein family was first found, and Rhodopsin (commonly known as visual purple), the protein family Archaerhodopsins belong to.

Archaea, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, "ancient"), which is the plural and neuter form of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, "ancient").[17]
Rhodopsin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, "rose"), because of its pinkish color, and ὄψις (ópsis, "sight").[18]

Literature
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