Water as a cofactor in the unidirectional light-driven proton transfer steps in bacteriorhodopsin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1398-1405

  Maeda, Akio ^a   Morgan, Joel E ^b   Gennis, Robert B ^a   Ebrey, Thomas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON; WATER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VIBRATION; WATER;

EID: 33846467755     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-01-16-IR-779     Document Type: Review

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