Origin and consequences of steric strain in the rhodopsin binding pocket

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 801-810

  Sugihara, Minoru ^a   Hufen, Julia ^a   Buss, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

NONPLANAR DISTORTIONS; POLYENE CHAIN; ROTATORY STRENGTHS;

STRAIN;

10 METHYL 13 NORRETINAL; 10 METHYLRETINAL; 13 NORRETINAL; 9 NORRETINAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYENE; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

BINDING SITES; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOPSIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 31144468743     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0515624     Document Type: Article

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