Fluorescence spectroscopy of rhodopsins: Insights and approaches

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1837, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 694-709

  Alexiev, Ulrike ^a   Farrens, David L ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Retinal protein; Site directed fluorescence labeling; Visual rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BLEACHING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; JABLONSKI DIAGRAM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM YIELD; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; THEORY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; RETINAL PROTEIN; SITE-DIRECTED FLUORESCENCE LABELING; VISUAL RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84897116696     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.10.008     Document Type: Review

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