Biochemical activity in Deinococcus radiodurans (IMAGE)

University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto

Biochemical activity in Deinococcus radiodurans

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The results indicate that the phytochrome from Deinococcus radiodurans acts as a phosphatase, which removes a phosphate from its target protein in response to red light.

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Heikki Takala and Hanna Salomäki

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