Attachment of noncognate chromophores to CpcA of synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4890-4902

  Alvey, Richard M ^a   Biswas, Avijit ^b   Schluchter, Wendy M ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COEXPRESSED; E. COLI; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; MULTISUBUNIT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; PHYCOBILIN CHROMOPHORES; PHYCOBILISOMES; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHROBILIN; PHYCOVIOLOBILIN; PHYTOCHROMOBILIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; SYNTHASES; TETRAPYRROLES; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERIZATION; PROTEINS; QUANTUM YIELD;

CHROMOPHORES;

CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYCOERYTHROBILIN; PHYCOERYTHROBILIN SYNTHASE; PHYTOCHROMOBILIN; PHYTOVIOLOBILIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFITE REDUCTASE (FERREDOXIN); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOMERIZATION; NONCOGNATE CHROMOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYASES; PHYCOCYANIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7002; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 79958024639     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi200307s     Document Type: Article

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