Thermal motions in bacteriorhodopsin at different hydration levels studied by neutron scattering: Correlation with kinetics and light-induced conformational changes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1945-1952

  Lehnert, Ursula ^a,c   Réat, Valérie ^a,d   Weik, Martin ^a   Zaccaï, Giuseppe ^a,c   Pfister, Claude ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURPLE MEMBRANE; WATER CONTENT;

HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344863187     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77635-0     Document Type: Article

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