Phytochromes with noncovalently bound chromophores: The ability of apophytochromes to direct tetrapyrrole photoisomerization

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 554-559

  Jorissen, Helena J M M ^a   Quest, Benjamin ^b   Lindner, Ingo ^a   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^c   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a,b  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BILIVERDIN; CYSTEINE; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CPHA; PROTEIN CPHB; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAPYRROLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOMER; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRROLES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TETRAPYRROLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036583227     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0554:PWNBCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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