His166 is critical for active-site proton transfer and phototaxis signaling by sensory rhodopsin I

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1516-1523

  Zhang, Xue Nong ^a   Spudich, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; HALORHODOPSIN; HISTIDINE; PROTON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SENSORY RHODOPSIN; SRI PROTEIN, HALOBACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; PH; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOTAXIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HALOBACTERIUM; HALORHODOPSINS; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSORY RHODOPSINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031228099     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78183-9     Document Type: Article

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