Can the low-resolution structures of photointermediates of bacteriorhodopsin explain their crystal structures?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1925-1931

  Kamikubo, Hironari ^a   Kataoka, Mikio ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 21244472381     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.045831     Document Type: Article

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