Biliverdin amides reveal roles for propionate side chains in bilin reductase recognition and in holophytochrome assembly and photoconversion

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 6070-6082

  Shang, Lixia ^a   Rockwell, Nathan C ^a   Martin, Shelley S ^a   Lagarias, J Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDATION; DARK STATE; DIAMIDES; IN-CELL; LIGHT-HARVESTING FUNCTION; LINEAR TETRAPYRROLES; MECHANISTIC DIFFERENCES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTO-SENSORS; PHOTOCONVERSION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEMISYNTHESIS; SIDE CHAINS; SUBSTRATE DISCRIMINATION;

AMIDES; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMIDE; BILIVERDIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROPIONIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMIDES; BILE PIGMENTS; BILIVERDINE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOCHROME; PROPIONATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77954819903     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi100756x     Document Type: Article

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