Electrostatic calculations of the pKa values of ionizable groups in bacteriorhodopsin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 473-486

  Bashford, Donald ^a   Gerwert, Klaus ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacteriorhodopsin; electrostatic; membrane; proton pump; titration

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TITRIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICS; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SOLVENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026612756     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(92)91009-E     Document Type: Article

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