Bacteriorhodopsin can be refolded from two independently stable transmembrane helices and the complementary five-helix fragment.
Kahn T, Engelman D. Bacteriorhodopsin can be refolded from two independently stable transmembrane helices and the complementary five-helix fragment. Biochemistry 1992, 31: 6144-51. PMID: 1627558, DOI: 10.1021/bi00141a027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable transmembrane helixSecond helical segmentX-ray diffractionCovalent connectionAbsorption spectroscopyTwo-dimensional crystalsIndependent folding domainsBacteriorhodopsinHelical segmentsNative structureHelixSpectroscopyPeptidesDiffractionTransmembrane helicesMoleculesCrystalsFragmentsMaterialsStructure