Answer to Question #287864 in Bioinformatics for Malak

Question

Retrieve the 3D structure of bovine rhodopsin (a GPCR) from the PDB database. How many entries do you find? Take a closer look at the entry with the best crystallographic resolution for the complete protein (detailed in the overview). At what temperature was the crystallization carried out, and how many cysteine bonds does the protein have?

Answer 1

Bovine rhodopsin consist of two compounds; a protein molecule called scotopsin and a covalently bound cofactor called retinal.

It has seven transmembrane domain protein and 11 cesteine bonds.