Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the N-terminal photosensory module of phytochrome Agp1, a biliverdin-binding photoreceptor from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Scheerer, Patrick ^a   Michael, Norbert ^b   Park, Jung Hee ^a   Noack, Steffi ^b   Förster, Charlotte ^a   Hammam, Mostafa A S ^c   Inomata, Katsuhiko ^c   Choe, Hui Woog ^a,d   Lamparter, Tilman ^b   Krauß, Norbert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Photoreceptor; Phytochromes; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; PHYTOCHROME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILIVERDINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29844450488     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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