Surface of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by high-resolution electron crystallography

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6647, 1997, Pages 206-211

  Kimura, Yoshiaki ^a   Vassylyev, Dmitry G ^a   Miyazawa, Atsuo ^a   Kidera, Akinori ^a   Matsushima, Masaaki ^b   Mitsuoka, Kaoru ^c   Murata, Kazuyoshi ^c   Hirai, Teruhisa ^c   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^c,d  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Rational Drug Design Laboratories   (Japan)

^c ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HALOBACTERIUM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; PURPLE MEMBRANE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HALOBACTERIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0030768310     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38323     Document Type: Article

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