Signals of LOV1: A computer simulation study on the wildtype LOV1-domain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its mutants

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1375-1388

  Peter, Emanuel ^a   Dick, Bernhard ^a   Baeurle, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue light photoreceptor protein; LOV1 domain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Molecular dynamics simulation; Phototropin; Signal transduction mechanism

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGHT OXYGEN VOLTAGE SENSITIVE 1; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVALENT BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYSTEINE; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTROPINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84861230415     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1165-6     Document Type: Article

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