A second conserved GAF domain cysteine is required for the blue/green photoreversibility of cyanobacteriochrome Tlr0924 from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 7304-7316

  Rockwell, Nathan C ^a   Njuguna, Stephanie Lane ^b   Roberts, Laurel ^b   Castillo, Elenor ^b   Parson, Victoria L ^b   Dwojak, Sunshine ^b   Lagarias, J Clark ^a   Spiller, Susan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES;

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; ABSORBING STATES; COVALENTLY BOUND; CYANOBACTERIUM; LONGER WAVELENGTHS (1.5-3.0 A); PHOTO CONVERSION; PHOTORECEPTORS (PR); PHOTOREVERSIBILITY; PHYTOCHROME (PHYA); SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS; SWITCHABLE; TETRAPYRROLE;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

CYANOBACTERIOCHROME; CYSTEINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN TLR0924;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COVALENT BOND; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RED LIGHT; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLOR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTEINE; LIGHT; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRROLES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 46849086738     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800088t     Document Type: Article

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