A variety of structural techniques, including IR spectroscopy, reveals that thermal denaturation of bacteriorhodopsin follows a given pathway (successively rearrangement of helical structures, extensive deuterium exchange, and finally protein aggregation) irrespective of heating rate, pH or ionic strength conditions. In all cases, thermal denaturation leads to a 'compact denatured state' which retains a large proportion of ordered structure.
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