Aborted double bicycle-pedal isomerization with hydrogen bond breaking is the primary event of bacteriorhodopsin proton pumping

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 20172-20177

  Altoè, Piero ^a   Cembran, Alessandro ^a,d   Olivucci, Massimo ^b,c   Garavelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoisomerization; Quantum mechanics molecular mechanics (QM MM); Retinal proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; HYDROGEN; PROTON PUMP;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 78650534062     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007000107     Document Type: Article

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