Figure 1

(Color online) Contact map of the native and activated state of bacteriorhodopsin (a) and OR-I7 (b). (a) The native state (black full squares) vs the activated state (red full triangles) for $\mathit{R}=6\text{Å}$. (b) The native state (violet full squares) vs the activated state (magenta full triangles) for $\mathit{R}=12\text{Å}$.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 2

(Color online) (a) Nyquist plot of bR for the PDB entries 2NTU, the native state (continuous line), and 2NTW, the activated state, (dashed line). Plots are calculated for $\mathit{R}=6\text{Å}$ (black) and $12\text{Å}$ (magenta) and values are normalized to the zero-frequency value of the impedance pertaining to the native state. (b) Normalized real (blue) and imaginary (orange) parts of the total impedance of bR versus the angular frequency. The data are calculated for an interaction radius $\mathit{R}=6\text{Å}$. Continuous lines refer to the native state, dashed lines to the activated state.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 3

(Color online) (a) Nyquist plot of rat OR-I7, in the native state (continuous line) and the activated state (dashed line). Plots are calculated for $\mathit{R}=6\text{Å}$ (black) and $12\text{Å}$ (magenta), and values are normalized to the zero-frequency value of the impedance pertaining to the native state. (b) Normalized real (blue) and imaginary (orange) parts of the total impedance of rat OR-I7 versus the angular frequency. The data are calculated for an interaction radius $\mathit{R}=12\text{Å}$. Continuous lines refer to the native state, dashed lines to the activated state.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 4

(Color online) $I\text{−}V$ characteristics of the native and activated states of rat OR-I7. Empty circles refer to the native state and full circles to the activated state, respectively. The continuous lines are guides for eyes.Reuse & Permissions