13-Acetoxy-13-desmethylretinal: Synthesis, incorporation into bacteriorhodopsin, and its apparent inactivating effect

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00099a087

Bacteriorhodopsin, the protein pigment of the purple membrane light-driven proton pump, is a simple polypeptide chain of 248 amino acids. It traverses the membrane to form seven rods of high alpha-helical character. We report the synthesis and incorporati