Alkaline transition of phytocyanins: A comparison of stellacyanin and umecyanin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Dennison, Christopher ^a   Harrison, Mark D ^a   Lawler, Anne T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cupredoxin; Electron transfer; Paramagnetic NMR

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS;

ACTIVE-SITE STRUCTURES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

COPPER PROTEIN; CUPREDOXIN; PHYTOCYANIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STELLACYANINE; UMECYANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

RHUS; TOXICODENDRON VERNICIFLUUM;

EID: 0038708367     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021869     Document Type: Article

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