Testing Kinetic Models for the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle—ii. Inclusion of an O to M Backreaction

Using previously established procedures we have tested a kinetic model of bacteriorhodopsin involving a backreaction from O to M. This model is superior to the previously tested models involving only unidirectional reaction paths. However, the spectrum of O is still too strongly temperature dependent in the red. Therefore, at least one additional feature is necessary to obtain a completely consistent kinetic model of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.