Dynamic structural changes underpin photoconversion of a blue/green cyanobacteriochrome between its dark and photoactivated states

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3055-3065

  Cornilescu, Claudia C ^a   Cornilescu, Gabriel ^a   Burgie, E Sethe ^b   Markley, John L ^a   Ulijasz, Andrew T ^b,c   Vierstra, Richard D ^b  

^a National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIN; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIOCHROME; NMR; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BILE PIGMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DARKNESS; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SULFIDES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84893467710     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.531053     Document Type: Article

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