Differential effects of mutations in the chromophore pocket of recombinant phytochrome on chromoprotein assembly and p(r)-to-p(fr) photoconversion

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Remberg, Anja ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Schaffner, Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly; Chromophore protein interaction; Heterologous expression; Mutant; Recombinant phytochrome

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APOPROTEINS; AVENA SATIVA; BINDING SITES; CODON; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033571627     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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