Structures of cyanobacteriochromes from phototaxis regulators AnPixJ and TePixJ reveal general and specific photoconversion mechanism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 918-923

  Narikawa, Rei ^a,b   Ishizuka, Takami ^a   Muraki, Norifumi ^c   Shiba, Tomoo ^d   Kurisu, Genji ^c   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back to back dimer; Chemotaxis; Methyl accepting

Indexed keywords

ANPIXJ PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CYANOBACTERIOCHROME; CYSTEINE; PHYTOCHROME; PYRROLE; TEPIXJ PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TETRAPYRROLES;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 84872573710     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212098110     Document Type: Article

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