Crystal Structure of the L Intermediate of Bacteriorhodopsin: Evidence for Vertical Translocation of a Water Molecule during the Proton Pumping Cycle

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 531-546

  Kouyama, Tsutomu ^a,b   Nishikawa, Taichi ^a   Tokuhisa, Takeshi ^a   Okumura, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proton pump; Radiation damage; Reaction intermediate; Retinal; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; HYDROGEN; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; RETINAL; SCHIFF BASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROGEN BOND; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTON; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RED LIGHT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0346366810     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.068     Document Type: Article

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