The Critical Role of a Hydrogen Bond between Gln63 and Trp104 in the Blue-Light Sensing BLUF Domain That Controls AppA Activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1223-1230

  Masuda, Shinji ^a   Tomida, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Takamiya, Ken ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AppA; BLUF; flavin; photoreceptor; purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN APPA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHROMATOPHORE; DNA BINDING; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR SENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 34247263900     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.087     Document Type: Article

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