Protein conformational changes of Agrobacterium phytochrome Agp1 during chromophore assembly and photoconversion

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4164-4176

  Noack, Steffi ^a   Michael, Norbert ^a   Rosen, Ran ^b,c   Lamparter, Tilman ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Agentek 1987 Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM PHYTOCHROME AGP1; CHROMOPHORE ASSEMBLY; KINASE ACTIVITY; PHOTOCONVERSION;

CHROMOPHORES; CONFORMATIONS; CROSSLINKING; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; ENZYME KINETICS;

PROTEINS;

DNA; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN AGP1; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCONVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHIZOBIUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GLUTARAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34047204715     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi602419x     Document Type: Article

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