Mutation of Arginine 134 to Lysine Alters the pKas of Key Groups Involved in Proton Pumping by Bacteriorhodopsin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 774-783

  Misra, Saurav ^a   Martin, Charles ^a,c   Kwon, Oh Hoon ^a,d   Ebrey, Thomas G ^a   Chen, Ning ^b   Crouch, Rosalie K ^b   Menick, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LYSINE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ARGININE; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LYSINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTONS;

EID: 0031306624     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03223.x     Document Type: Article

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