Nature of the chromophore binding site of bacteriorhodopsin: The potential role of Arg82 as a principal counterion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2370-2389

  Kusnetzow, Anakarin ^a   Singh, Deepak L ^a   Martin, Charles H ^a   Barani, Igor J ^a   Birge, Robert R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DIVALENT CATION; IMINE; METAL ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0033030955     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77394-7     Document Type: Article

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