Coupling of protonation switches during rhodopsin activation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-292

  Vogel, Reiner ^a   Sakmar, Thomas P ^b   Sheves, Mordechai ^c   Siebert, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTON; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTONS; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASES;

EID: 34247228082     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-06-19-IR-937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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