Glutamine rotamers in BLUF photoreceptors: A mechanistic reappraisal

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2888-2897

  Udvarhelyi, Anikó ^a   Domratcheva, Tatiana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; HYDROGEN BONDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FLAVIN CHROMOPHORES; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; LIGHT ACTIVATION; PHOTOREACTIONS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATION; TAUTOMERIZATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84875147715     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400437x     Document Type: Article

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