Site-directed spin-labeling reveals the orientation of the amino acid side-chains in the E-F loop of bacteriorhodopsin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-171

  Pfeiffer, Matthias ^b   Rink, Thomas ^a   Gerwert, Klaus ^a   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^b   Steinhoff, Heinz Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Retinal proteins; Saturation parameter; Site directed spin labeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CHROMIUM; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROXIDE; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0033582948     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2593     Document Type: Article

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