Understanding the role of Arg96 in structure and stability of green fluorescent protein

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-551

  Stepanenko, Olesya V ^a   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^b   Shavlovsky, Michail M ^c   Kuznetsova, Irina M ^a   Uversky, Vladimir N ^d,e   Turoverov, Konstantin K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophore structure; Circular dichroism; Conformational stability; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Fluorescent protein; Green fluorescent protein; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ALANINE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; BACTERIA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 57349182178     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22089     Document Type: Article

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