Is the purple color of bacteriorhodopsin maintained by lipid-protein interactions?

Reversible Dissociation of the Purple Complex in Bacteriorhodopsin and Identification of 13‐<i>cis</i> and all‐<i>trans</i>‐Retinal as its Chromophores

Dieter Oesterhelt, Marion Meentzen, Liselotte Schuhmann · European Journal of Biochemistry · 1973 · 292 citations · Full text

Photobiology, Bacteriophage, Molecular Biology +16

Kinetics and stoichiometry of light-induced proton release and uptake from purple membrane fragments, Halobacterium halobium cell envelopes, and phospholipid vesicles containing oriented purple membrane

Richard H. Lozier, Werner Niederberger, Roberto A. Bogomolni et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics · 1976 · 221 citations

Biochemistry, Photochemistry, Photosystems +9

Chromophore equilibria in bacteriorhodopsin

Ulrich Fischer, Dieter Oesterhelt · Biophysical Journal · 1979 · 221 citations · Full text

Chromophore Equilibria, Bacteriophage, Microbiology +1

Formation and properties of bacteriorhodopsin monomers in the non‐ionic detergents octyl‐β‐D‐glucoside and triton X‐100

Norbert A. Dencher, Maarten P. Heyn · FEBS Letters · 1978 · 183 citations

Non‐ionic Detergents, Bacteriorhodopsin Monomers, Biochemistry +5

Acid-base equilibrium of the Schiff base in bacteriorhodopsin

S. Druckmann, Michael Ottolenghi, A. Pande et al. · Biochemistry · 1982 · 173 citations