Proton-transfer and hydrogen-bond interactions determine fluorescence quantum yield and photochemical efficiency of bacteriophytochrome

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

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9170-9175

  Toh, K C ^a   Stojković, Emina A ^b,d   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Moffat, Keith ^b,c   Kennis, John T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Hydrogen bonds; Kinetic isotope effect; Near IR fluorescent protein; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHYTOCHROME; BILIVERDIN; PHYTOCHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; WILD TYPE;

BILIVERDINE; BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN BONDING; ISOMERISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTONS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77952688009     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911535107     Document Type: Article

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