Probing the pH sensitivity of R-phycoerythrin: Investigations of active conformational and functional variation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1787, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 939-946

  Liu, Lu Ning ^a   Su, Hai Nan ^a   Yan, Shi Gan ^a   Shao, Si Mi ^a   Xie, Bin Bin ^a   Chen, Xiu Lan ^a   Zhang, Xi Ying ^a   Zhou, Bai Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yu Zhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Phycoerythrin; Protein folding; Spectra; Stability; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67649243707     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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