Mechanism of proton transport in bacteriorhodopsin from crystallographic structures of the K, L, M1, M2, and M2′ intermediates of the photocycle

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 439-450

  Lanyi, Janos K ^a   Schobert, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Ion pump; Retinal; Transport mechanism; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; ILLUMINATION; ISOMERISM; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0037466289     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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