High-resolution distance mapping in rhodopsin reveals the pattern of helix movement due to activation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7439-7444

  Altenbach, Christian ^a   Kusnetzow, Ana Karin ^a   Ernst, Oliver P ^b   Hofmann, Klaus Peter ^b   Hubbell, Wayne L ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEER; G protein coupled receptor; Photoreceptor; Spin labeling

Indexed keywords

NITROXIDE; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN LABELING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHODOPSIN; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 44949236117     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802515105     Document Type: Article

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