Biophysical Journal 43: 5-11 (1983)
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Electro-optical measurements on aqueous suspension of purple membrane from Halobacterium halobium.

ABSTRACT

The permanent dipole moment, polarizability, and the retinal angle of Halobacterium halobium purple membranes were determined at different pH values. All of the parameters have a maximum between pH 5 and 6. There is a reversal in the direction of the permanent dipole moment near pH 5. The value of permanent dipole moment was determined to be 60 D/protein at pH 6.6, and the value obtained for polarizability was 3 X 10(-28) Fm2/membrane fragment. The retinal angle of all-trans retinal was 0.8 degrees smaller than that of the 13-cis conformation.

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