Molecular dynamics study of femtosecond events in photoactive yellow protein after photoexcitation of the chromophore

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-275

  Yamato, Takahisa ^a   Niimura, Nobuo ^b   Go, Nobuhiro ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Conformational change; Photon absorption simulation; SCF CI; Vertical transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0032529711     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980815)32:3<268::AID-PROT2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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