A PixD - PapB chimeric protein reveals the function of the BLUF domain C-terminal α-helices for light signal transduction

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1638-1647

  Ren, Shukun ^a   Sawada, Masahiro ^a   Hasegawa, Koji ^b   Hayakawa, Yoshihiro ^c   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Masuda, Shinji ^a,d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCESOFT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLUF; c di GMP; Photoreceptor; PixD; Rhodopseudomonas; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BLUE FLAVIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FLAVINS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84866378691     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs108     Document Type: Article

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