Structure of Lumazine Protein, an Optical Transponder of Luminescent Bacteria

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-55

  Chatwell, Lorenz ^a   Illarionova, Victoria ^a   Illarionov, Boris ^b   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^a   Huber, Robert ^c,d,e   Skerra, Arne ^a   Bacher, Adelbert ^a   Fischer, Markus ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

crystal structure; lumazine protein; luminescent bacteria; Photobacterium leiognathi; riboflavin synthase

Indexed keywords

6,7 DIMETHYL 8 RIBITYLLUMAZINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUOROPHORE; LUMAZINE; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI;

EID: 49349084023     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.052     Document Type: Article

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