Chromophore protonation state controls photoswitching of the fluoroprotein asFP595

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Schäfer, Lars V ^a   Groenhof, Gerrit ^a   Boggio Pasqua, Martial ^b   Robb, Michael A ^c   Grubmüller, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CALCULATIONS; CARBOXYLATION; DIFFRACTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; PROTONATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUOROPROTEINS; FUSION TAG; PHOTO-SWITCHABLE; PHOTOCHEMICALS; PHOTOSWITCHING; PROTONATION STATE; STATE-CONTROL; ZWITTERIONICS;

CHROMOPHORES;

AMINO ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROPROTEIN ASFP595; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DECARBOXYLATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN PHOTOSWITCHING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 41849097391     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000034     Document Type: Article

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