A role for internal water molecules in proton affinity changes in the schiff base and asp85 for one-way proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1038-1045

  Morgan, Joel E ^a   Gennis, Robert B ^b   Maeda, Akio ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON; SCHIFF BASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CYTOPLASM; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SCHIFF BASES; WATER;

EID: 52149102720     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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