Re-engineering redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein for improved response rate

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-57

  Cannon, Mark B ^a   Remington, S James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site design; Biosensor; Disulfide conformation; Electrostatics calculation; Midpoint potential; Rate enhancement; Redox; roGFP

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DISULFIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACCURACY; ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 29344432103     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051734306     Document Type: Article

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