On the mechanism of activation of the BLUF domain of AppA

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-60

  Laan, Wouter ^a,c   Gauden, Magdalena ^b   Yeremenko, Sergey ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b   Kennis, John T M ^b   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMOPHORES; GENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SIGNALING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; BLUF DOMAIN; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN APPA; PROTEIN BLUF; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN BOND; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMIDAZOLES; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 30144431572     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051367p     Document Type: Article

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