Functional expression and site-directed mutagenesis of photoactive yellow T protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 876-880

  Mihara, Ken'ichi ^a,b   Hisatomi, Osamu ^a   Imamoto, Yasushi ^a   Kataoka, Mikio ^a   Tokunaga, Fumio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromophore protein interaction; Expression; In vitro mutagenesis; Opsin shift; Photoactive yellow protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030914406     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021668     Document Type: Article

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