High-resolution structures shed new light on receptor desensitisation
High-resolution structures of the archaerhodopsin-3 protein shed new light on receptor desensitisation Crystals of AR3 observed under polarised light For the first time, an international team of researchers has visualised the light-sensitive protein archaerhodopsin-3 (AR3) at unprecedented resolution using the I24 and B23 beamlines and supported by the Membrane Protein Laboratory (MPL) at Diamond. The photoreceptor is expressed by Halorubrum sodomense , an organism that grows in the Dead Sea, but is best known for its applications in optogenetics experiments, in w...
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