On the role of aromatic side chains in the photoactivation of BLUF domains

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 7405-7415

  Gauden, Magdalena ^a   Grinstead, Jeffrey S ^b   Laan, Wouter ^c   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Avila Perez, Marcela ^c   Toh, K C ^a   Boelens, Rolf ^c   Kaptein, Robert ^c   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^c   Kennis, John T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE-LIGHT SENSING RECEPTORS; DOUBLE MUTANTS; HYDROGEN BOND REARRANGEMENT; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BLUF; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BLUE LIGHT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ELECTRONS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 34250890102     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7006433     Document Type: Article

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