Chromophore selectivity in bacterial phytochromes: Dissecting the process of chromophore attachment

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1117-1126

  Quest, Benjamin ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bacteriophytochrome; Biliverdin; Cyanobacteria; Photoreceptor; Phycocyanobilin

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HISTIDINE; IMIDAZOLE; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME CPHA; PHYTOCHROME CPHB; SCHIFF BASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CALOTHRIX; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CYANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BILIVERDINE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTEINE; DARKNESS; DITHIOERYTHRITOL; HISTIDINE; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRROLES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TETRAPYRROLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642299060     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04015.x     Document Type: Article

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