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Unique interactions between the chromophore and glutamate 16 lead to far-red emission in a red fluorescent protein

  1. Xiaokun Shu1,†,
  2. Lei Wang2,‡,
  3. Leslie Colip1,
  4. Karen Kallio1,
  5. S. James Remington1,*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.66

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 460–466, February 2009

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Shu, X., Wang, L., Colip, L., Kallio, K. and Remington, S. J. (2009), Unique interactions between the chromophore and glutamate 16 lead to far-red emission in a red fluorescent protein. Protein Science, 18: 460–466. doi: 10.1002/pro.66

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  1. 1

    Department of Physics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403

  2. 2

    Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

  1. †

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093

  2. ‡

    The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037

*Department of Physics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 3 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 2 DEC 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 14 OCT 2008

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  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: MCB 0417290

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