The photophysics of green fluorescent protein: Influence of the key amino acids at positions 65, 203, and 222

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1932-1947

  Jung, Gregor ^a,c   Wiehler, Jens ^a,b   Zumbusch, Andreas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Biomax Informatics AG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, AEQUOREA VICTORIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 19744365121     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.044412     Document Type: Article

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