Local peptide movement in the photoreaction intermediate of rhodopsin
Nakamichi, H., Okada, T.(2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 12729-12734
- PubMed: 16908857 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601765103
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2HPY - PubMed Abstract: 
Photoactivation of the visual rhodopsin, a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), involves efficient conversion of the intrinsic inverse-agonist 11-cis-retinal to the all-trans agonist. This event leads to the rearrangement of the heptahelic ...