Light Activation of Rhodopsin: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Guided by Solid-State NMR Distance Restraints

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-527

  Hornak, Viktor ^a   Ahuja, Shivani ^a   Eilers, Markus ^a   Goncalves, Joseph A ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^b   Reeves, Philip J ^c   Smith, S O ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptors; Molecular dynamics; NMR; Retinal; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; RHODOPSIN; METARHODOPSINS;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 77949321753     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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