The 2.2 Å crystal structure of a pocilloporin pigment reveals a nonplanar chromophore conformation

Structure

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Prescott, Mark ^a   Ling, Michael ^a   Beddoe, Travis ^a   Oakley, Aaron J ^b   Dove, Sophie ^c   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^c   Devenish, Rodney J ^a   Rossjohn, Jamie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromophore; DsRed; Fluorescence; Green fluorescent protein; Pigment; Pocilloporin

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; POCILLOPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATION; CORAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTHOZOA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0141749127     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(03)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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