Protein-protein complexation in bioluminescence

Protein and Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 957-972

  Titushin, Maxim S ^a   Feng, Yingang ^b   Lee, John ^c   Vysotski, Eugene S ^d   Liu, Zhi Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

docking; F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); green fluorescent protein (GFP); luciferase; lumazine protein; photoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALKANAL MONOOXYGENASE (FMN LINKED); CALCIUM ION; CLYTIN; COELENTERAZINE BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LUMAZINE; PHOTOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CORAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME STRUCTURE; JELLYFISH; MARINE SPECIES; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTUM YIELD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALCYONACEA; CLYTIA GREGARIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84862967293     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-011-1118-y     Document Type: Review

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