Water molecules and hydrogen-bonded networks in bacteriorhodopsin - Molecular dynamics simulations of the ground state and the M-intermediate

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3252-3261

  Grudinin, Sergei ^a,b   Büldt, Georg ^a   Gordeliy, Valentin ^a,b   Baumgaertner, Artur ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MONOMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 17844397460     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047993     Document Type: Article

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