Ultrafast structural dynamics of BlsA, a photoreceptor from the pathogenic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-224

  Brust, Richard ^a,f   Haigney, Allison ^a,g   Lukacs, Andras ^b,d   Gil, Agnieszka ^a   Hossain, Shahrier ^a   Addison, Kiri ^b   Lai, Cheng Tsung ^a   Towrie, Michael ^c   Greetham, Gregory M ^c   Clark, Ian P ^c   Illarionov, Boris ^e   Bacher, Adelbert ^e   Kim, Ryu Ryun ^e   Fischer, Markus ^e   Simmerling, Carlos ^a   Meech, Stephen R ^b   Tonge, Peter J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AppA; BlsA; blue light using FAD; BLUF domain; photosensor* Acinetobacter baumannii; ultrafast time resolved infrared

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTERS; APPA; BLSA; BLUE LIGHT; BLUF DOMAINS; TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED;

BIOFILMS; OPTICAL SENSORS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84891793732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4023738     Document Type: Article

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