Drawing the retinal out of its comfort zone: An ONIOM(QM/MM) study of mutant squid rhodopsin

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 668-672

  Sekharan, Sivakumar ^a   Morokuma, Keiji ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biophysical chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; COMFORT ZONE; COUNTERIONS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; SCHIFF-BASE; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT; WATER MOLECULE;

BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

BINDING SITES;

EID: 77749267675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100026k     Document Type: Article

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