Aspartate 75 mutation in sensory rhodopsin II from Natronobacterium pharaonis does not influence the production of the K-like intermediate, but strongly affects its relaxation pathway

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2581-2589

  Losi, Aba ^a,c   Wegener, Ansgar A ^b   Engelhard, Martin ^b   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; NATRONOBACTERIUM PHARAONIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PKA;

NATRONOBACTERIUM; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034023143     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76802-0     Document Type: Article

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