Crystal structure of R-phycoerythrin from Polysiphonia urceolata at 2.8 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 721-722

  Chang, Wen Rui ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Wan, Zhu Li ^a   Zhang, Ji Ping ^a   Yang, Zi Xuan ^a   Liang, Dong Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Energy transfer; Light harvesting; Phycourobilin; R phycoerythrin

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; POLYSIPHONIA URCEOLATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030580059     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0547     Document Type: Article

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