Crystallographic and electron microscopic analyses of a bacterial phytochrome reveal local and global rearrangements during photoconversion

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 24573-24587

  Burgie, E Sethe ^a   Wang, Tong ^b   Bussell, Adam N ^a   Walker, Joseph M ^a   Li, Huilin ^b,c   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMOPHORES; DIGITAL STORAGE; VISION;

BILIN CHROMOPHORE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DOMAIN INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; SIGNALING CASCADES; SPECTROSCOPIC COMPARISON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

BILIVERDIN; PHYTOCHROME; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCONVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON TRANSPORT; RED LIGHT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEINOCOCCUS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DEINOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84906860684     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.571661     Document Type: Article

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