PixE promotes dark oligomerization of the BLUF photoreceptor PixD

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 11715-11719

  Yuan, Hua ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavin chromophore; Phototaxis; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PIXD; PROTEIN PIXE; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHROMATOPHORE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILLUMINATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CALORIMETRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIA; DIMERIZATION; KINETICS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 50149099155     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802149105     Document Type: Article

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