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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
Time-resolved circular dichroism spectroscopy in the far-UV spectral region was used to examine the intermediates of the phytochrome photoreversion reaction (Pfr --> Pr). Three intermediates, lumi-F (tau = 320 ns), meta-Fa (tau = 265 micros) and meta-Fb (tau = 5.5 ms), have been identified in a simple sequential kinetic photoreversion mechanism by absorption spectroscopy [Linschitz, H., Kasche, V., Butler, W. L., & Siegelman, H. W. (1966) J. Biol. Chem. 241, 3395-3403; Pratt, L. H., & Butler, W. L. (1968) Photochem. Photobiol. 8, 477-485; Burke, M., Pratt, D. C., & Moscowitz, A. (1972) Biochemistry 11, 4025-4031; Spruit, C. J. P., Kendrick, R. E., & Cooke, R. J. (1975) Planta (Berlin) 127, 121-132; Eilfeld, P., & Rüdiger, W. (1985) Z. Naturforsch. 40c, 109-114; Chen, E., Lapko, V. N., Lewis, J. W., Song, P.-S., & Kliger, D. S. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 843-850]. In order to correlate the unfolding of the N-terminal alpha-helical segment with one or more of the intermediate species, time-resolved methods were coupled with the structurally sensitive probe of CD in the far-UV spectral region. Analysis of the TRCD data associates the decrease in alpha-helical content that occurs upon formation of Pr with decay of the meta-Fa intermediate. This unfolding process occurs with a time constant of 310 +/- 125 micros, which is consistent with the 265-micros lifetime for meta-Fa.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4903-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Dynamics of the N-terminal alpha-helix unfolding in the photoreversion reaction of phytochrome A.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz 95064, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.