Structure and function of chromophores in R-Phycoerythrin at 1.9 Å Resolution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-231

  Jiang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Ji Ping ^a   Liang, Dong Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYCOUROBILIN; POLYSIPHONIA URCEOLATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; UROBILIN;

POLYSIPHONIA URCEOLATA;

EID: 0033081508     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990201)34:2<224::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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