The influence of Ala243 (Gly247), Arg215 and Thr226 (Asn230) on the bioluminescence spectra and pH-sensitivity of railroad worm, click beetle and firefly luciferases

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 538-544

  Viviani, Vadim R ^a   Uchida, Akira ^b   Viviani, Wladia ^c   Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; GLYCINE; ISOENZYME; LUCIFERASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT; MODEL; MUTANT; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTRUM; WORM;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BEETLES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THREONINE;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; PHENGODIDAE; PYREARINUS TERMITILLUMINANS;

EID: 0036878430     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0538:TIOAGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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