Photoreaction in BLUF receptors: Proton-coupled electron transfer in the flavin-Gln-Tyr system

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 554-563

  Udvarhelyi, Anikõ ^a   Domratcheva, Tatiana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; PROTON; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAVINS; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS; STEREOISOMERISM; TYROSINE;

EID: 79955480100     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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