Mechanism of the efficient tryptophan fluorescence quenching in human γD-crystallin studied by time-resolved fluorescence

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 10705-10721

  Chen, Jiejin ^a   Toptygin, Dmitri ^b   Brand, Ludwig ^b   King, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; LENSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PORT TERMINALS; PROTEINS; QUENCHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

C-TERMINAL DOMAIN; CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; EXCITED-STATE ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EYE-LENS PROTEIN; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; IN-SITU; LENS TRANSPARENCY; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MOLECULAR MECHANICAL; N-TERMINAL DOMAIN; PROTEIN MATRIX; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL; RED SHIFTING; RIGID BODIES; SEGMENTAL MOTIONS; STATE REACTIONS; STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSION SPECTRA; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRP-FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN FLUORESCENCE; UV RADIATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

CHAPERONE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEAMINATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 53249098600     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800499k     Document Type: Article

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