A knot in the protein structure - Probing the near-infrared fluorescent protein iRFP designed from a bacterial phytochrome

FEBS Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2284-2298

  Stepanenko, Olesya V ^a   Bublikov, Grigory S ^a   Stepanenko, Olga V ^a   Shcherbakova, Daria M ^b   Verkhusha, Vladislav V ^b,c   Turoverov, Konstantin K ^a,d   Kuznetsova, Irina M ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

bacteriophytochrome; biliverdin; iRFP; knot; RpBphP2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PHYTOCHROME BPHP2; BILIVERDIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANIDINE; HOLOPROTEIN; NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; KNOT STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN RENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIOPHYTOCHROME; BILIVERDIN; IRFP; KNOT; RPBPHP2;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84899904083     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12781     Document Type: Article

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