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Z T Farahbakhsh1, K Hideg, W L Hubbell.
Abstract
Rhodopsin has been selectively spin-labeled near the cytoplasmic termini of helices C and G. Photoactivation with a light flash induces an electron paramagnetic resonance spectral change in the millisecond time domain, coincident with the appearance of the active metarhodopsin II intermediate. The spectral change is consistent with a small movement near the cytoplasmic termination of the C helix and reverses upon formation of the MIII state. These results provide an important link between the optical changes associated with the retinal chromophore and protein conformational states.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8248781 DOI: 10.1126/science.8248781
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728