Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Reveals the Solution Structure of a Bacteriophytochrome in the Catalytically Active Pr State

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 655-666

  Evans, Katie ^a   Grossmann, J Günter ^a   Fordham Skelton, Anthony P ^a   Papiz, Miroslav Z ^a  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteriophytochrome; modeling; photosynthesis; SAXS; two component

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750945118     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.045     Document Type: Article

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