Structure of bacteriorhodopsin at 1.55 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 899-911

  Luecke, Hartmut ^a,b   Schobert, Brigitte ^b   Richter, Hans Thomas ^b   Cartailler, Jean Philippe ^a   Lanyi, Janos K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Hydrogen bonded chain; Membrane proteins; Proton pump; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033609904     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3027     Document Type: Article

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