| Literature DB >> 19722611 |
Sebastien Violot1, Philippe Carpentier, Laurent Blanchoin, Dominique Bourgeois.
Abstract
The recently developed red fluorescent protein Keima exhibits the largest Stokes shift (180 nm) observed to date. Combining X-ray crystallography with (in crystallo) UV-visible absorption, fluorescence, and Raman spectroscopy, we have investigated molecular determinants of this peculiar property. The results demonstrate a pH-dependent "reverse chromophore protonation" triggered by the key residue Asp157 and which couples to cis/trans isomerization of the chromophore. These data provided guidelines to rationally design a useful Keima variant.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19722611 DOI: 10.1021/ja903695n
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419