Unraveling photoexcited conformational changes of bacteriorhodopsin by time resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1519-1530

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

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CYSTEINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROXIDE; SCHIFF BASE; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034009519     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76704-X     Document Type: Article

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