The energetics of the primary proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin revisited: It is a sequential light-induced charge separation after all

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1777, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-452

  Braun Sand, Sonja ^a,b   Sharma, Pankaz K ^a   Chu, Zhen T ^a   Pisliakov, Andrei V ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; pKa in proteins; Proton transport in protein; QM MM convergence

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROGEN BOND; ION TRANSPORT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; PROTONS;

HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 43049134414     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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