Beta-Barrel Scaffold of Fluorescent Proteins. Folding, Stability and Role in Chromophore Formation.

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-278

  Stepanenko, Olesya V ^a   Stepanenko, Olga V ^a   Kuznetsova, Irina M ^a   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^b   Turoverov, Konstantin K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophore and protein interaction; Fluorescence proteins; Hysteresis; Protein folding; RFP; Split GFP; Superfolder GFP; barrel scaffold

Indexed keywords

BETA BARREL SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 84872665494     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407699-0.00004-2     Document Type: Chapter

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