Compositional heterogeneity reflects partial dehydration in three-dimensional crystals of bacteriorhodopsin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 711-719

  Schenkl, Selma ^a   Portuondo, Erwin ^a   Zgrablic, Goran ^a   Chergui, Majed ^a   Suske, Winfried ^b   Dolder, Max ^b   Landau, Ehud M ^b,c   Haacke, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Dehydrated purple membrane; Protein crystals; Retinal; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LIPID; WATER;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; PURPLE MEMBRANE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038730773     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00508-4     Document Type: Article

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