Characterization of cyanobacteriochrome TePixJ from a thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus strain BP-1

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1251-1261

  Ishizuka, Takami ^a   Shimada, Takashi ^b   Okajima, Koji ^a   Yoshihara, Shizue ^c   Ochiai, Yuriko ^a   Katayama, Mitsunori ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba Proteomics Research Center   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteriochrome; GAF domain; Photoreceptor; Phototaxis; Phycocyanobilin; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 84865986049     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj095     Document Type: Article

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