X-ray structure of Cerulean GFP: A tryptophan-based chromophore useful for fluorescence lifetime imaging

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 9865-9873

  Malo, Gabrielle D ^a   Pouwels, Lauren J ^a   Wang, Meitian ^e   Weichsel, Andrzej ^b   Montfort, William R ^b   Rizzo, Mark A ^d   Piston, David W ^c   Wachter, Rebekka M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULEAN GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); ENHANCED CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (ECFP); FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY (FLIM); FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); IMIDAZOLINONE RING;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; PROTEINS;

CHROMOPHORES;

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBENE; CARBOXYL GROUP; CERULEAN GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMIDAZOLES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 34548515291     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi602664c     Document Type: Article

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