Structural characterization of the photoswitchable fluorescent protein Dronpa-C62S

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 354, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 962-967

  Nam, Ki Hyun ^a   Kwon, Oh Yeun ^a,b   Sugiyama, Kanako ^c   Lee, Won Ho ^a   Kim, Young Kwan ^a   Song, Hyun Kyu ^a   Kim, Eunice Eunkyung ^b   Park, Sam Yong ^c   Jeon, Hyesung ^b   Hwang, Kwang Yeon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dronpa; Dronpa C62S; Isomerization; Photoswitchable; Real time imaging

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DRONPA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SERINE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 33846786902     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.01.086     Document Type: Article

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