Guanidinium restores the chromophore but not rapid proton release in bacteriorhodopsin mutant R82Q

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2711-2717

  Renthal, Robert ^a,b,c   Chung, Yong Ji ^a   Escamilla, Ricardo ^a   Brown, Leonid S ^b   Lanyi, Janos K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CHLORIDE ION; GLUTAMINE; GUANIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTON; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030784539     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78299-7     Document Type: Article

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