Unfolding pathways of native bacteriorhodopsin depend on temperature

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5220-5229

  Janovjak, Harald ^a   Kessler, Max ^b   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^c   Gaub, Hermann ^b   Müller, Daniel J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Molecular interactions; Purple membrane; Secondary structure; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PURPLE MEMBRANE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; LIPID METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141753133     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg509     Document Type: Article

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