Role of hydrogen bond alternation and charge transfer states in photoactivation of the Orange Carotenoid Protein

Engineering the photoactive orange carotenoid protein with redox-controllable structural dynamics and photoprotective function

(2020) Yury B. Slonimskiy et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Probing of carotenoid-tryptophan hydrogen bonding dynamics in the single-tryptophan photoactive Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2020) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   Scientific Reports

Single-molecule trapping and spectroscopy reveals photophysical heterogeneity of phycobilisomes quenched by Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2019) Allison H. Squires et al.   Nature Communications

Insights into Direct Methods for Predictions of Ionization Potential and Electron Affinity in Density Functional Theory

(2019) Neil Qiang Su et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

ωB2PLYP & ωB2GPPLYP: the first two double-hybrid density functionals with long-range correction optimized for excitation energies

(2019) Marcos Casanova-Páez et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

A genetically encoded fluorescent temperature sensor derived from the photoactive Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2019) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   Scientific Reports

Carotenoids as natural functional pigments

(2019) Takashi Maoka   Journal of Natural Medicines

The Multiple Roles of the Protein in the Photoactivation of Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2019) Mattia Bondanza et al.   Chem

Comparative ultrafast spectroscopy and structural analysis of OCP1 and OCP2 from Tolypothrix

(2019) Valentyna Kuznetsova et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Changing Color for Photoprotection: The Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2019) Fernando Muzzopappa et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Understanding/unravelling carotenoid excited singlet states

(2018) Hideki Hashimoto et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

OCP–FRP protein complex topologies suggest a mechanism for controlling high light tolerance in cyanobacteria

(2018) Nikolai N. Sluchanko et al.   Nature Communications

Photoactivation Mechanism, Timing of Protein Secondary Structure Dynamics and Carotenoid Translocation in the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2018) Patrick E. Konold et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Deletion of the short N-terminal extension in OCP reveals the main site for FRP binding

(2017) Nikolai N. Sluchanko et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Assembly of photoactive orange carotenoid protein from its domains unravels a carotenoid shuttle mechanism

(2017) Marcus Moldenhauer et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Photoactivation mechanism of a carotenoid-based photoreceptor

(2017) Sepalika Bandara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The photocycle of orange carotenoid protein conceals distinct intermediates and asynchronous changes in the carotenoid and protein components

(2017) E. G. Maksimov et al.   Scientific Reports

Theoretical study on photophysical properties of 3′-hydroxyechinenone and the effects of interactions with orange carotenoid protein

(2016) Miho Otsuka et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

A Unified Picture of S* in Carotenoids

(2016) Vytautas Balevičius et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A comparative study of three signaling forms of the orange carotenoid protein

(2016) E. G. Maksimov et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Ultrafast spectroscopy tracks carotenoid configurations in the orange and red carotenoid proteins from cyanobacteria

(2016) Václav Šlouf et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Echinenone vibrational properties: From solvents to the orange carotenoid protein

(2015) Elizabeth Kish et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

The Signaling State of Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2015) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Local and global structural drivers for the photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein

(2015) Sayan Gupta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A 12 A carotenoid translocation in a photoswitch associated with cyanobacterial photoprotection

(2015) R. L. Leverenz et al.   SCIENCE

Chemical activation of the cyanobacterial orange carotenoid protein

(2014) Jeremy D. King et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Excited State Properties of 3′-Hydroxyechinenone in Solvents and in the Orange Carotenoid Protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2014) Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Structural and Functional Modularity of the Orange Carotenoid Protein: Distinct Roles for the N- and C-Terminal Domains in Cyanobacterial Photoprotection

(2014) R. L. Leverenz et al.   PLANT CELL

Excited States of the Inactive and Active Forms of the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2013) Rudi Berera et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

The Orange Carotenoid Protein: a blue-green light photoactive protein

(2013) Diana Kirilovsky et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Carotenoid–protein interaction alters the S1 energy of hydroxyechinenone in the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2012) Tomáš Polívka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Long-Range Corrected Hybrid Density Functionals with Improved Dispersion Corrections

(2012) You-Sheng Lin et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

The Photophysics of the Orange Carotenoid Protein, a Light-Powered Molecular Switch

(2012) Rudi Berera et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

REFMAC5 for the refinement of macromolecular crystal structures

(2011) Garib N. Murshudov et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

The orange carotenoid protein in photoprotection of photosystem II in cyanobacteria

(2011) Diana Kirilovsky et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Carotenoid Photoprotection in Artificial Photosynthetic Antennas

(2011) Miroslav Kloz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Vitro Reconstitution of the Cyanobacterial Photoprotective Mechanism Mediated by the Orange Carotenoid Protein in Synechocystis PCC 6803

(2011) M. Gwizdala et al.   PLANT CELL

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(2010) Wolfgang Kabsch   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Femtosecond primary charge separation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 photosystem I

(2010) Ivan V. Shelaev et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Excited-state properties of the 16 kDa red carotenoid protein from Arthrospira maxima

(2010) Pavel Chábera et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Essential role of two tyrosines and two tryptophans on the photoprotection activity of the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2010) Adjélé Wilson et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

The Intramolecular Charge Transfer State in Carbonyl-Containing Polyenes and Carotenoids

(2010) Miriam M. Enriquez et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Molecular replacement withMOLREP

(2009) Alexei Vagin et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Dark excited states of carotenoids: Consensus and controversy

(2009) Tomáš Polívka et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems

(2009) Rudi Berera et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Effect of carotenoid structure on excited-state dynamics of carbonyl carotenoids

(2009) Pavel Chábera et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor

(2008) A. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Femtosecond transient absorption with chirped pump and supercontinuum probe: Perturbative calculation of transient spectra with general lineshape functions, and simplifications

(2007) A.L. Dobryakov et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS