Understanding GFP chromophore biosynthesis: Controlling backbone cyclization and modifying post-translational chemistry

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1960-1970

  Barondeau, David P ^a   Kassmann, Carey J ^a   Tainer, John A ^a   Getzoff, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; PROTEINS;

BACKBONE CYCLIZATION; MUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTS; POST-TRANSLATION MODIFICATION; VICTORIA GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP);

CHROMOPHORES;

4 METHYLIDENEIMIDAZOL 5 ONE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE AMMONIALYASE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; JELLYFISH; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; GLYCINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE AMMONIA-LYASE; HYDROZOA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VALINE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 13544256284     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0479205     Document Type: Article

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