The light causes a conformational change in a protein called rhodopsin.
It was found that these conformational changes may have a very important physiological significance.
These domains are also thought to mediate subsequent conformational changes.
Usually they induce a conformational change within the protein structure.
However, scoring all possible conformational changes is prohibitively expensive in computer time.
As a result, a cascade of conformational changes occur in the gp120 and gp41 proteins.
Further evidence for a conformational change of the -50 region is given in Fig. 4.
At this point it undergoes conformational changes, opening the channel.
The energy required for conformational changes may give a more precise and quantitative picture.
The active site is buried and requires a conformational change to allow the substrate access.
