Biophysical, mutational, and functional investigation of the chromophore-binding pocket of light-oxygen-voltage photoreceptors

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 811-819

  Diensthuber, Ralph P ^a   Engelhard, Christopher ^b   Lemke, Nora ^a   Gleichmann, Tobias ^a,c   Ohlendorf, Robert ^a   Bittl, Robert ^b   Möglich, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Light oxygen voltage; Optogenetics; Photocycle; Photoreceptor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

LIGHT OXYGEN VOLTAGE PHOTORECEPTOR PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOTOTROPIN; PROTEIN YP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GENE MUTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTUM YIELD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OAT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AVENA SATIVA; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOTROPINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84912108174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400205x     Document Type: Article

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