Redox modulation of flavin and tyrosine determines photoinduced proton-coupled electron transfer and photoactivation of BLUF photoreceptors

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 31725-31738

  Mathes, Tilo ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Stierl, Manuela ^b   Kennis, John T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; BINDING POCKETS; BLUE LIGHT; BLUF DOMAINS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; ET PROCESS; FLAVIN COFACTOR; FORWARD REACTIONS; KEY REACTIONS; MOLECULAR PICTURES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCYCLES; PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; REACTION PARTNERS; REDOX PAIRS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDOX SYSTEMS; SIGNALING STATE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATIC INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL DATA; TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORINE; PROTONS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION RATES; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VISION;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

BLUE LIGHT RECEPTORS USING FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; QUERCETIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORINATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; QUANTUM YIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVINS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84866376644     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.391896     Document Type: Article

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