title: Quantum-classical model of retinal photoisomerization reaction in visual pigment rhodopsin.
abstract: A quantum-classical model of photoisomerization of the visual pigment rhodopsin chromophore is proposed. At certain (and more realistic) parameter value combinations, the model is shown to accurately reproduce a number of independent experimental data on the photoreaction dynamics: the quantum yield, the time to reach the point of conical intersection of potential energy surfaces, the termination time of the evolution of quantum subsystem, as well as the characteristic low frequencies of retinal molecular lattice fluctuations during photoisomerization. In addition, the model behavior is in good accordance with experimental data about coherence and local character of quantum transition.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences-branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Lakhno
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences-branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia. shials@rambler.ru.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shigaev
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.|Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117977, Russia.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Nadtochenko
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.|Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117977, Russia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ostrovsky
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007536:Isomerism; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000737:chemistry*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D012243:Rhodopsin