Crystallographic structures of the M and N intermediates of bacteriorhodopsin: Assembly of a hydrogen-bonded chain of water molecules between Asp-96 and the retinal Schiff base

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 553-570

  Schobert, Brigitte ^a   Brown, Leonid S ^b   Lanyi, Janos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Hydrogen bonded chain; M photointermediate; N photointermediate; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SCHIFF BASE; THREONINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0038649076     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00576-X     Document Type: Article

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