Determination of the number of water molecules in the proton pathway of bacteriorhodopsin using neutron diffraction data

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 392-401

  Papadopoulos, Georgios ^a   Hauß, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Neutron diffraction; Proton pathway; Purple membranes; Water molecules

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PURPLE MEMBRANE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 0042244308     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0284-0     Document Type: Article

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