| Literature DB >> 2753143 |
K J Rothschild1, M S Braiman, T Mogi, L J Stern, H G Khorana.
Abstract
A 3-dimensional model for the retinal binding pocket in the light-driven proton pump, bacteriorhodopsin, is proposed on the basis of spectroscopic studies of bacteriorhodopsin mutants. In this model Trp-182, Pro-186 and Trp-189 surround the polyene chain while Tyr-185 is positioned close to the retinylidene Schiff base. This model is supported by sequence homologies in the F-helices of bacteriorhodopsin and the related retinal proteins, halorhodopsin and rhodopsins.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2753143 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80774-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124