Structure of the cyanobacterial phytochrome 2 photosensor implies a tryptophan switch for phytochrome signaling

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 35714-35725

  Anders, Katrin ^a   Daminelli Widany, Grazia ^b   Mroginski, Maria Andrea ^b   Von Stetten, David ^c   Essen, Lars Oliver ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIDOMAIN; CYANOBACTERIAL PHYTOCHROMES; MULTI DOMAINS; PHOTOCHROMICITY; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTOSENSOR; SINGLE DOMAINS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACIDS;

CHROMOPHORES;

CYANOBACTERIAL PHYTOCHROME 2; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYTOCHROME; PIGMENT; PROPIONIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BILIPROTEIN; C-DI-GMP SIGNALING; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOCHROMICITY; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RED LIGHT PHOTORECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84890381658     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.510461     Document Type: Article

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