A study on the mechanism of the proton transport in bacteriorhodopsin: The importance of the water molecule

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 982-991

  Murata, Katsumi ^a   Fujii, Yasuyuki ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Hata, Masayuki ^a   Hoshino, Tyuji ^a   Tsuda, Minoru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ENERGY COST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0033884808     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76352-1     Document Type: Article

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