発光可能な緑色光タンパク質におけるX線誘発の一時的な光白化の構造的基礎

Virgile Adam1, Philippe Carpentier, Sebastien Violot

  • 1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France.

まとめ

研究者らは,光活性化可能な光タンパク質IrisFPを一時的に暗い状態で観察した. 光タンパク質の点滅と光白化の理解に不可欠なこの根幹種は,染色体の歪みとpi結合の喪失を含んでいます.

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