Out of the blue: the photocycle of the photoactive yellow protein

I Schlichting; J Berendzen

doi:10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00228-1

Out of the blue: the photocycle of the photoactive yellow protein

Structure. 1997 Jun 15;5(6):735-9. doi: 10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00228-1.

Authors

I Schlichting¹, J Berendzen

Affiliation

¹ Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Dortmund, Germany. ilme.schlichting@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de

PMID: 9261074
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00228-1

Abstract

A first real glance at the structural, spectral and temporal interplay that constitutes the photocycle of the photoactive yellow protein (PYP) has been obtained from a combination of time-resolved crystallography with mutational analysis and spectroscopic studies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
Bacterial Proteins / physiology*
Binding Sites
Crystallography, X-Ray
Models, Molecular
Mutation
Photoreceptors, Microbial*
Protein Conformation
Spectrum Analysis

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Photoreceptors, Microbial
photoactive yellow protein, Bacteria