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Role of trimer-trimer interaction of bacteriorhodopsin studied by optical spectroscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy.
Journal of structural biology - 1 Oct 2013
Yamashita Hayato, Inoue Keiichi, Shibata Mikihiro, Uchihashi Takayuki, Sasaki Jun, Kandori Hideki, Ando Toshio
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) trimers form a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice in the purple membrane of Halobacterium salinarum. However, the physiological significance of forming the lattice has long been elusive. Here, we study this issue by comparing properties of assembled and non-assembled bR trimers using directed mutagenesis, high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), optical spectroscopy, and a proton pumping...
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