Engineering the phototropin photocycle improves photoreceptor performance and plant biomass production

Blue-Light Receptors for Optogenetics

(2018) Aba Losi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Palisade cell shape affects the light-induced chloroplast movements and leaf photosynthesis

(2018) Eiji Gotoh et al.   Scientific Reports

Chloroplast accumulation response enhances leaf photosynthesis and plant biomass production

(2018) Eiji Gotoh et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional characterization of a constitutively active kinase variant ofArabidopsisphototropin 1

(2017) Jan Petersen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Shining Light on the Function of NPH3/RPT2-Like Proteins in Phototropin Signaling

(2017) John M. Christie et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phototropin perceives temperature based on the lifetime of its photoactivated state

(2017) Yuta Fujii et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kinetics of the LOV domain of ZEITLUPE determine its circadian function in Arabidopsis

(2017) Ashutosh Pudasaini et al.   eLife

Fine tuning chloroplast movements through physical interactions between phototropins

(2016) Olga Sztatelman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional characterization of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 in the hypocotyl apex

(2016) Stuart Sullivan et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Functional and topological diversity of LOV domain photoreceptors

(2016) Spencer T. Glantz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phytochrome A Mediates Blue-Light Enhancement of Second-Positive Phototropism in Arabidopsis

(2016) Stuart Sullivan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant Phototropic Growth

(2015) Christian Fankhauser et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functional characterization of Ostreococcus tauri phototropin

(2015) Stuart Sullivan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arabidopsis ROOT PHOTOTROPISM2 Contributes to the Adaptation to High-Intensity Light in Phototropic Responses

(2015) Ken Haga et al.   PLANT CELL

The impact of temperature on blue light induced chloroplast movements in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2015) Justyna Łabuz et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

(2015) Donald R. Ort et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological Significance of Photoreceptor Photocycle Length: VIVID Photocycle Governs the Dynamic VIVID-White Collar Complex Pool Mediating Photo-adaptation and Response to Changes in Light Intensity

(2015) Arko Dasgupta et al.   PLoS Genetics

Plant Flavoprotein Photoreceptors

(2014) J. M. Christie et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Factors That Control the Chemistry of the LOV Domain Photocycle

(2014) Josiah P. Zayner et al.   PLoS One

Coiled-coil dimerization of the LOV2 domain of the blue-light photoreceptor phototropin 1 fromArabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Andrei S. Halavaty et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Fluorescence Imaging-Based High-Throughput Screening of Fast- and Slow-Cycling LOV Proteins

(2013) Fuun Kawano et al.   PLoS One

Both LOV1 and LOV2 domains of phototropin2 function as the photosensory domain for hypocotyl phototropic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)

(2012) Noriyuki Suetsugu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Shoot phototropism in higher plants: New light through old concepts

(2012) John M. Christie et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Photosensitivity of Kinase Activation by Blue Light Involves the Lifetime of a Cysteinyl-Flavin Adduct Intermediate, S390, in the Photoreaction Cycle of the LOV2 Domain in Phototropin, a Plant Blue Light Receptor

(2012) Koji Okajima et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mutations in N-terminal Flanking Region of Blue Light-sensing Light-Oxygen and Voltage 2 (LOV2) Domain Disrupt Its Repressive Activity on Kinase Domain in the Chlamydomonas Phototropin

(2012) Yusuke Aihara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural Basis for the Slow Dark Recovery of a Full-Length LOV Protein from Pseudomonas putida

(2012) Franco Circolone et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

LOV to BLUF: Flavoprotein Contributions to the Optogenetic Toolkit

(2012) John M. Christie et al.   Molecular Plant

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Chloroplast movement behavior varies widely among species and does not correlate with high light stress tolerance

(2012) Martina Königer et al.   PLANTA

Functional Analyses of the Activation Loop of Phototropin2 in Arabidopsis

(2011) S.-i. Inoue et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Mutual Exchange of Kinetic Properties by Extended Mutagenesis in Two Short LOV Domain Proteins fromPseudomonas putida

(2009) Katrin Jentzsch et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Mechanism-based tuning of a LOV domain photoreceptor

(2009) Brian D Zoltowski et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Domain Swapping to Assess the Mechanistic Basis of Arabidopsis Phototropin 1 Receptor Kinase Activation and Endocytosis by Blue Light

(2009) E. Kaiserli et al.   PLANT CELL

Protocol: Streamlined sub-protocols for floral-dip transformation and selection of transformants in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Amanda M Davis et al.   Plant Methods

A Conserved Glutamine Plays a Central Role in LOV Domain Signal Transmission and Its Duration†

(2008) Abigail I. Nash et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular basis of the functional specificities of phototropin 1 and 2

(2008) Yusuke Aihara et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Mapping of the phosphorylation sites on the phototropic signal transducer, NPH3

(2008) Tomoko Tsuchida-Mayama et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Blue light-induced autophosphorylation of phototropin is a primary step for signaling

(2008) S.-i. Inoue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In Vivo Phosphorylation Site Mapping and Functional Characterization of Arabidopsis Phototropin 1

(2007) Stuart Sullivan et al.   Molecular Plant