Allophycocyanin Trimer Stability and Functionality Are Primarily Due to Polar Enhanced Hydrophobicity of the Phycocyanobilin Binding Pocket

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-421

  McGregor, Ailie ^a   Klartag, Merav ^a   David, Liron ^a   Adir, Noam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

crystallography; energy transfer; photosynthesis; phycobilisome; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOSYNECHOCCOCCUS VULCANUS;

THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS VULCANUS;

EID: 54849440307     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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