Crystal Structure of Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein to 1.35 Å Resolution Reveals Alternative Conformations for Glu222

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Arpino, James A J ^a,c   Rizkallah, Pierre J ^b   Jones, D Dafydd ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROZOA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84867619172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047132     Document Type: Article

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