Biochemical and functional characterization of BLUF-type flavin-binding proteins of two species of cyanobacteria

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 741-750

  Okajima, Koji ^a   Yoshihara, Shizue ^b   Fukushima, Yoshimasa ^c   Geng, Xiaoxing ^a   Katayama, Mitsunori ^a   Higashi, Shoichi ^d   Watanabe, Masakatsu ^d   Sato, Shusei ^e   Tabata, Satoshi ^e   Shibata, Yutaka ^c   Itoh, Shigeru ^c   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^e KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue light sensor; BLUF; FAD; Photoreceptor; Phototaxis; Thermophilic cyanobacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN BLUF; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 22344445758     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi089     Document Type: Article

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