Modelling of photointermediates suggests a mechanism of the flip of the β-ionone moiety of the retinylidene chromophore in the rhodopsin photocascade

ChemBioChem

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 228-231

  Ishiguro, Masaji ^a   Hirano, Takahiro ^a   Oyama, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isomerization; Molecular dynamics; Molecular modeling; Photochemistry; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

BETA IONONE; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037416434     PISSN: 14394227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200390037     Document Type: Article

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