Identification of key residues for pH dependent activation of violaxanthin de-epoxidase from Arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fufezan, Christian ^a   Simionato, Diana ^b   Morosinotto, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED ENZYME; VIOLAXANTHIN DE EPOXIDASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VIOLAXANTHIN; VIOLAXANTHIN DE-EPOXIDASE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTON TRANSPORT; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYLAKOID;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THYLAKOIDS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84860458817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035669     Document Type: Article

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