Structural basis for the photoconversion of a phytochrome to the activated Pfr form

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7278, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Ulijasz, Andrew T ^a   Cornilescu, Gabriel ^a   Cornilescu, Claudia C ^a   Zhang, Junrui ^a   Rivera, Mario ^b   Markley, John L ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME; PYRROLE;

BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; PHOTORECEPTION; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE PIGMENTS; BINDING SITES; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; ROTATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 74549198962     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08671     Document Type: Article

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