Structural basis for the spectral difference in luciferase bioluminescence

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7082, 2006, Pages 372-376

  Nakatsu, Toru ^a,b   Ichiyama, Susumu ^a   Hiratake, Jun ^b   Saldanha, Adrian ^b   Kobashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Sakata, Kanzo ^b   Kato, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

BIOLUMINESCENCE REACTION; LUCIFERIN; MOLECULAR RIGIDITY;

ENZYMES;

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 33645038011     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04542     Document Type: Article

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