Two groups control light-induced Schiff base deprotonation and the proton affinity of Asp85 in the Arg82 his mutant of bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2750-2763

  Imasheva, Eleonora S ^a   Balashov, Sergei P ^a   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PIGMENT; PROTON PUMP; SCHIFF BASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DARK ADAPTATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IONIZATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PKA; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032734507     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77108-0     Document Type: Article

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