Elucidation of the nature of the conformational changes of the EF-interhelical loop in bacteriorhodopsin and of the helix VIII on the cytoplasmic surface of bovine rhodopsin: A time-resolved fluorescence depolarization study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 705-719

  Alexiev, U ^a   Rimke, I ^a,b   Pohlmann T ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b APE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Protein conformational change; Rhodopsin; Surface potential; Time resolved fluorescence depolarization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037414446     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00326-7     Document Type: Article

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