The retinal conformation and its environment in rhodopsin in light of a new 2.2 Å crystal structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 571-583

  Okada, Tetsuji ^a,b   Sugihara, Minoru ^c   Bondar, Ana Nicoleta ^d,e   Elstner, Marcus ^f   Entel, Peter ^c   Buss, Volker ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPCR; molecular dynamics simulation; quantum chemistry; rhodopsin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RETINA ROD; THEORETICAL STUDY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 4344581120     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.07.044     Document Type: Article

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