Cyanobacteriochrome TePixJ of Thermosynechococcus elongatus harbors phycoviolobilin as a chromophore

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1385-1390

  Ishizuka, Takami ^a   Narikawa, Rei ^a   Kohchi, Takayuki ^b   Katayama, Mitsunori ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auto isomerase; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteriochrome; Phycocyanobilin; Phycoviolobilin; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHYCOBILIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYCOVIOLOBILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOCYANIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 34548792454     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm106     Document Type: Article

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