Atomic resolution structures and the mechanism of ion pumping in bacteriorhodopsin

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 1556-1566

  Edmonds, Brian W ^a   Luecke, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Hydroxide Ion; Low Temperature; Photocycle; Proton Pump; Proton Translocation; Retinal; Review

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; RETINAL; SCHIFF BASE;

FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; ILLUMINATION; ION TRANSPORT; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NOMENCLATURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COLD; ION TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCHIFF BASES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 2442656919     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1264     Document Type: Review

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