The luciferin binding site residues C/T311 (S314) influence the bioluminescence color of beetle luciferases through main-chain interaction with oxyluciferin phenolate

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Viviani, V R ^a   Amaral, D T ^a   Neves, D R ^a   Simoes A ^a   Arnoldi, F G C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZOLYL; BLUE SHIFT; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; HOMOLOGY MODELING; MODELING STUDIES; RED SHIFT; SIDE-CHAINS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; RAILROADS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HALOPHENOL; LUCIFERASE; OXYLUCIFERIN PHENOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BINDING SITES; COLOR; INDOLES; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PYRAZINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; PHENGODIDAE; PHRIXOTHRIX HIRTUS; PYREARINUS TERMITILLUMINANS;

EID: 84872121950     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300740y     Document Type: Article

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