Affinity of rhodopsin to raft enables the aligned oligomer formation from dimers: Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of disk membranes
Y. Kaneshige, F. Hayashi, K. Morigaki, H. Yamashita, M. Fujii, A. Awazu
This study uses coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to show that raftophilic H1/H8 rhodopsin dimers form aligned rows stabilized by lipid rafts, enhancing phototransduction efficiency.
bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2019Biophysics