Magnetic field effects in flavoproteins and related systems

Structures of Drosophila Cryptochrome and Mouse Cryptochrome1 Provide Insight into Circadian Function

(2013) Anna Czarna et al.   CELL

Variable Electron Transfer Pathways in an Amphibian Cryptochrome

(2013) Till Biskup et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Updated structure of Drosophila cryptochrome

(2013) Colin Levy et al.   NATURE

The magnetic retina: light-dependent and trigeminal magnetoreception in migratory birds

(2012) Henrik Mouritsen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

CryB from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: a unique class of cryptochromes with new cofactors

(2012) Yann Geisselbrecht et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Primary Events in the Blue Light Sensor Plant Cryptochrome: Intraprotein Electron and Proton Transfer Revealed by Femtosecond Spectroscopy

(2012) Dominik Immeln et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Compass magnetoreception in birds arising from photo-induced radical pairs in rotationally disordered cryptochromes

(2012) J. C. S. Lau et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Magnetically sensitive light-induced reactions in cryptochrome are consistent with its proposed role as a magnetoreceptor

(2012) K. Maeda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unexpected Electron Transfer in Cryptochrome Identified by Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy

(2011) Till Biskup et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

(2011) Inês Chaves et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Crystal structures of an archaeal class II DNA photolyase and its complex with UV-damaged duplex DNA

(2011) Stephan Kiontke et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Eukaryotic Class II Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyase Structure Reveals Basis for Improved Ultraviolet Tolerance in Plants

(2011) Kenichi Hitomi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Following Radical Pair Reactions in Solution: A Step Change in Sensitivity Using Cavity Ring-Down Detection

(2011) Kiminori Maeda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy for real time, in situ spectral analysis of microfluidic droplets

(2011) Simon R. T. Neil et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Physics of life: The dawn of quantum biology

(2011) Philip Ball   NATURE

Structure of full-length Drosophila cryptochrome

(2011) Brian D. Zoltowski et al.   NATURE

Old Chromophores, New Photoactivation Paradigms, Trendy Applications: Flavins in Blue Light-Sensing Photoreceptors†

(2011) Aba Losi et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Dynamics and mechanism of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer repair by DNA photolyase

(2011) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Human cryptochrome exhibits light-dependent magnetosensitivity

(2011) Lauren E. Foley et al.   Nature Communications

Tripping the Light Fantastic: Blue-Light Photoreceptors as Examples of Environmentally Modulated Protein−Protein Interactions

(2010) Brian D. Zoltowski et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Searching for a photocycle of the cryptochrome photoreceptors

(2010) Bin Liu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Reaction mechanisms of DNA photolyase

(2010) Klaus Brettel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Light-induced activation of class II cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyases

(2010) Asako Okafuji et al.   DNA REPAIR

Origin of Light-Induced Spin-Correlated Radical Pairs in Cryptochrome†

(2010) Stefan Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Protein Surface Interactions Probed by Magnetic Field Effects on Chemical Reactions

(2010) Kiminori Maeda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cavity enhanced detection methods for probing the dynamics of spin correlated radical pairs in solution

(2010) Simon R.T. Neil et al.   MOLECULAR PHYSICS

Animal cryptochromes mediate magnetoreception by an unconventional photochemical mechanism

(2010) Robert J. Gegear et al.   NATURE

Magnetic-field perception

(2010) Kenneth J. Lohmann   NATURE

Magnetic Compass of Birds Is Based on a Molecule with Optimal Directional Sensitivity

(2009) Thorsten Ritz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Microsecond Light-Induced Proton Transfer to Flavin in the Blue Light Sensor Plant Cryptochrome

(2009) Thomas Langenbacher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effects of disorder and motion in a radical pair magnetoreceptor

(2009) J. C. S. Lau et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Directional orientation of birds by the magnetic field under different light conditions

(2009) R. Wiltschko et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Cryptochromes--a potential magnetoreceptor: what do we know and what do we want to know?

(2009) M. Liedvogel et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Radiofrequency polarization effects in low-field electron paramagnetic resonance

(2009) C. J. Wedge et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Chemical magnetoreception in birds: The radical pair mechanism

(2009) C. T. Rodgers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct Observation of a Photoinduced Radical Pair in a Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptor

(2008) Till Biskup et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electron Hopping through the 15 Å Triple Tryptophan Molecular Wire in DNA Photolyase Occurs within 30 ps

(2008) Andras Lukacs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ultrafast Dynamics of Flavins in Five Redox States

(2008) Ya-Ting Kao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity in Drosophila

(2008) Robert J. Gegear et al.   NATURE

Chemical compass model of avian magnetoreception

(2008) Kiminori Maeda et al.   NATURE

Magnetic-field effect on the photoactivation reaction of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase

(2008) K. B. Henbest et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Human and Drosophila Cryptochromes Are Light Activated by Flavin Photoreduction in Living Cells

(2008) Nathalie Hoang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Role of Exchange and Dipolar Interactions in the Radical Pair Model of the Avian Magnetic Compass

(2007) Olga Efimova et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL