Conformational substates in different crystal forms of the photoactive yellow protein - Correlation with theoretical and experimental flexibility

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-72

  Van Aalten, Daan M F ^a,b   Crielaard, Wim ^c   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^c   Joshua Tor, Leemor ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Essential dynamics; Photoactive yellow protein; Photocycle; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033974163     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.1.64     Document Type: Article

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