Using Haloarcula marismortui Bacteriorhodopsin as a Fusion Tag for Enhancing and Visible Expression of Integral Membrane Proteins in Escherichia coli

MF Hsu, TF Yu, CC Chou, HY Fu, CS Yang, AHJ Wang - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Membrane proteins are key targets for pharmacological intervention because of their vital
functions. Structural and functional studies of membrane proteins have been severely …

Boolean Logic Gate Operation in Bacteriorhodopsin of Purple Membrane Based on a Molten Globule‐like State

HIA Mostafa - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) of purple membrane (PM) has increasing technical interests,
particularly in photonic devices and bioelectronics. The present work has concerned with …

Bacteriorhodopsin of purple membrane reverses anisotropy outside the pH range of proton pumping based on logic gate realization

HIA Mostafa, AA Elfiki - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The bacteriorhodopsin of purple membrane is the first discovered light-sensing protein
among ion transporting microbial rhodopsins, some of which (eg Archaerhodopsin 3) could …

Effect of lipid phase transition on molecular assembly and structural stability of bacteriorhodopsin reconstituted into phosphatidylcholine liposomes with different acyl …

Y Yokoyama, L Negishi, T Kitoh… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Previous studies on the correlation between bacteriorhodopsin (bR) disassembly and
photobleaching suggested that a weakening of intermolecular interactions is responsible for …

Physicochemical studies of bacteriorhodopsin reconstituted in partially fluorinated phosphatidylcholine bilayers

M Yoshino, T Kikukawa, H Takahashi… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) that is successfully reconstituted in liposome of
a novel partially fluorinated analog of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) with the …

Effect of molecular assembly on photocycle of reconstituted bacteriorhodopsin: significant blue shift of the late M photointermediate in the liquid crystalline phase

M Sonoyama, T Kikukawa, Y Yokoyama… - Chemistry …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) reconstituted into dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine
vesicles was investigated with transient visible absorption spectroscopy. The measured time …

Preparation, microstructure and properties of C/amorphous MnO2 composite for the cathode of aqueous zinc-ion battery

Y Liu, F Zhao, Z Zhang, C Gu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
A high conductivity C/amorphous MnO2 (AMO) for aqueous zinc-ion battery cathode
prepared by in-situ liquid-phase co-precipitation was investigated. Low-cost industrial grade …

Dependence of purple membrane bump curvature on pH and ionic strength analyzed using atomic force microscopy combined with solvent exchange

Y Yokoyama, K Yamada, Y Higashi… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Purple membrane (PM), which is a membrane patch formed by the self-assembly of the
membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) with archaeal lipids, is a good subject for …

Solubilization and Structural Stability of Bacteriorhodopsin with a Mild Nonionic Detergent, n-Octyl-β-thioglucoside

A Asada, M Sonoyama - Bioscience, biotechnology, and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Solubilization and structural stability of a membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) with n-
octyl-β-thioglucoside (OTG) was investigated in comparison with a previous study on bR …

Highly stable solubilization of membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin with a short-chain phospholipid diheptanoylphosphatidylcholine

M Sonoyama, M Fukumoto, Y Kuwabara - Chemistry letters, 2010 - academic.oup.com
A short-chain phosphatidylcholine, diheptanoyl PC (diC7 PC), was employed for solubilizing
a membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR). Highly stable and efficient solubilization of bR …