Dér A, Tóth-Boconádi R, Keszthelyi L, Kramer H, Stoeckenius W
Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center, Hungary.
FEBS Lett. 1995 Dec 27;377(3):419-20. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01365-2.
The orientation of purple membrane in gels for photoelectric measurements is relatively poor, when they are prepared with the standard technique of applying a DC electric field and rapid polymerization. We have improved it by adding a high magnetic field (17.5 T) and increasing the viscosity of the membrane suspension. This process has resulted so far in a 3-fold increase of the photoelectric signals obtained. The magnetic susceptibility of purple membrane was determined.