Functional Role of the "Ionic Lock"-An Interhelical Hydrogen-Bond Network in Family A Heptahelical Receptors

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 648-655

  Vogel, Reiner ^a   Mahalingam, Mohana ^a   Lüdeke, Steffen ^a   Huber, Thomas ^b   Siebert, Friedrich ^a   Sakmar, Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; infrared spectroscopy; membrane protein; signal transduction; visual pigment

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 45649083187     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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