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Tyr-199 and charged residues of pharaonis Phoborhodopsin are important for the interaction with its transducer.
Biophysical journal - 1 Jul 2002
Sudo Yuki, Iwamoto Masayuki, Shimono Kazumi, Kamo Naoki
Abstract excerpt
pharaonis Phoborhodopsin (ppR; also pharaonis sensory rhodopsin II, psRII) is a retinal protein in Natronobacterium pharaonis and is a receptor of negative phototaxis. It forms a complex with its transducer, pHtrII, in membranes and transmits light signals by protein-protein interaction. Tyr-199 is conserved completely in phoborhodopsins among a variety of archaea, but it is replaced by Val (for...
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