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Interaction of tryptophan-182 with the retinal 9-methyl group in the L intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin.
Biochemistry - 17 Jan 1995
Yamazaki Y, Sasaki J, Hatanaka M, Kandori H, Maeda A, Needleman R, Shinada T, Yoshihara K, Brown L S, Lanyi J K
Abstract excerpt
An intense indole N-H stretching vibrational band at 3486 cm-1 in the difference Fourier transform infrared spectrum is one of the characteristic features of the L intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin [Maeda, Sasaki, Ohkita, Simpson, & Herzfeld (1992) Biochemistry 31, 12543]. This band is now assigned to tryptophan-182. The Trp182-->Phe (W182F) protein shows specific features in the difference spectrum in the...
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