Protein Conformational Changes in the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle: Comparison of Findings from Electron and X-Ray Crystallographic Analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hirai, Teruhisa ^a,b   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRONS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS;

EID: 69249135566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005769     Document Type: Article

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