Stabilizing role of glutamic acid 222 in the structure of Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-390

  Royant, Antoine ^a,b,c,d   Noirclerc Savoye, Marjolaine ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

EGFP; Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein; GFP; Radiation damage; Single crystal microspectrophotometry; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOLOGY; DECARBOXYLATION; JELLYFISH; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLUORESCENCE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDRA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 79954425820     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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