Bacteriorhodopsin: The influence of the cyclohexene??ring methyls

JML Courtin, L Verhagen, PL Biesheuvel…

Index: Courtin, J. M. L.; Verhagen, L.; Biesheuvel, P. L.; Lugtenburg, J.; Bend, R. L. van der; Dam, K. van Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1987 , vol. 106, # 4 p. 112 - 119

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Abstract

Abstract Four ring-demethylated retinals, viz. 1, 1, 5′-tridemethylretinal, 1, 1′- didemethylretinal, 1, 5-didemethylretinal and 1-didemethylretinal, have been synthesized via new and simple schemes. The properties of these modified retinals, their protonated Schiff bases and the corresponding bacteriorhodopsins have been studied and compared with the native system. These bacteriorhodopsin analogues have also been tested for ...