Toward an understanding of the retinal chromophore in rhodopsin mimics

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 10053-10070

  Huntress, Mark M ^a   Gozem, Samer ^a   Malley, Konstantin R ^b   Jailaubekov, Askat E ^b   Vasileiou, Chrysoula ^c   Vengris, Mikas ^b,d   Geiger, James H ^c   Borhan, Babak ^c   Schapiro, Igor ^a   Larsen, Delmar S ^b   Olivucci, Massimo ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PROTEINS; BOTTOM-UP DESIGN; LOCALLY EXCITED; QUANTUM MECHANICS/MOLECULAR MECHANICS; RETINAL MOLECULES; STATE POPULATION; TRIPLE MUTANTS; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODELING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CHROMOPHORES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN II, CELLULAR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUANTUM THEORY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84883694932     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp305935t     Document Type: Article

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