Computational characterization of reaction intermediates in the photocycle of the sensory domain of the appa blue light photoreceptor

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-573

  Khrenova, Maria G ^a   Domratcheva, Tatiana ^b   Schlichting, Ilme ^b   Grigorenko, Bella L ^a   Nemukhin, Alexander V ^a,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIADENOSINE PYROPHOSPHATE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMECHANICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; LIGHT; METHIONINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955438204     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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