The influence of the loop between residues 223-235 in beetle luciferase bioluminescence spectra: A solvent gate for the active site of pH-sensitive luciferases

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-144

  Viviani, Vadim R ^a,b   Silva Neto, Antonio J ^b   Arnoldi, Frederico G C ^b   Barbosa, João A R G ^c   Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

COLEOPTERA; CRATOMORPHUS DISTINCTUS; ELATERIDAE; LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PYREARINUS TERMITILLUMINANS;

EID: 37249039528     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00209.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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