The structure of a complete phytochrome sensory module in the Pr ground state

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

Volumn 105, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14709-14714

  Essen, Lars Oliver ^a   Mailliet, Jo ^b   Hughes, Jon ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biliprotein; Photochromicity; Photoreceptor; Protein structure; Sensory histidine protein kinase

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CPH1 PHYTOCHROME; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYSTEINE; PHYTOCHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 55749108535     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806477105     Document Type: Article

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