Structure of the novel 14kDa fragment of α-subunit of phycoerythrin from the starving cyanobacterium Phormidium tenue

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-255

  Soni, Badrish R ^a   Hasan, Md Imtaiyaz ^b   Parmar, Asha ^a   Ethayathulla, Abdul S ^b   Kumar, Ramasamy P ^b   Singh, Niraj K ^a   Sinha, Mau ^b   Kaur, Punit ^b   Yadav, Savita ^b   Sharma, Sujata ^b   Madamwar, Datta ^a   Singh, Tej P ^b  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biliproteins; Cynobacterium phycoerythrin; Energy transfer pigment; Phytochrome assembly; Truncated phycoerythrin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHYCOERYTHRIN; CYSTEINE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHORMIDIUM TENUE; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PHORMIDIUM TENUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77955089092     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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