Probing the rhodopsin cavity with reduced retinal models at the CASPT2/CASSCF/AMBER level of theory

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6868-6869

  Ferré, Nicolas ^a   Olivucci, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Centro per lo Studio dei Sistemi Complessi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RETINA; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PURINES; QUANTUM THEORY; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038615921     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja035087d     Document Type: Article

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