Regeneration of bacteriorhodopsin from thermally unfolded bacterio-opsin and all-trans retinal at high temperatures

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 252-254

  Ghimire, Ganga D ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroyuki ^b   Sonoyama, Masashi ^b   Mitaku, Shigeki ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterio opsin; Bacteriorhodopsin; Regeneration; Retinal; Structural fluctuation

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACTERIOOPSIN (BO); BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIO OPSIN; BACTERIO-OPSIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; RETINAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN RENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN RENATURATION; RETINALDEHYDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 15244346657     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.252     Document Type: Article

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