Protein design: reengineering cellular retinoic acid binding protein II into a rhodopsin protein mimic.
Vasileiou, C., Vaezeslami, S., Crist, R.M., Rabago-Smith, M., Geiger, J.H., Borhan, B.(2007) J.Am.Chem.Soc. 129: 6140-6148
- PubMed: 17447762 
- DOI: 10.1021/ja067546r
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Rational redesign of the binding pocket of Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein II (CRABPII) has provided a mutant that can bind retinal as a protonated Schiff base, mimicking the binding observed in rhodopsin. The reengineering was accomplished th ...