Discovery and functional analysis of a 4th electron-transferring tryptophan conserved exclusively in animal cryptochromes and (6-4) photolyases

ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch

(2014) Pavel Müller et al.   Scientific Reports

Repair of the (6-4) Photoproduct by DNA Photolyase Requires Two Photons

(2013) Junpei Yamamoto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Determining complete electron flow in the cofactor photoreduction of oxidized photolyase

(2013) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Magnetic field effects in flavoproteins and related systems

(2013) E. W. Evans et al.   Interface Focus

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

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

The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

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

Spin-selective recombination kinetics of a model chemical magnetoreceptor

(2011) Kiminori Maeda et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Light-activated Cryptochrome Reacts with Molecular Oxygen to Form a Flavin–Superoxide Radical Pair Consistent with Magnetoreception

(2011) Pavel Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Avian Ultraviolet/Violet Cones Identified as Probable Magnetoreceptors

(2011) Christine Nießner et al.   PLoS One

Searching for a photocycle of the cryptochrome photoreceptors

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

Spectro−Temporal Characterization of the Photoactivation Mechanism of Two New Oxidized Cryptochrome/Photolyase Photoreceptors

(2010) Johanna Brazard et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diatom PtCPF1 is a new cryptochrome/photolyase family member with DNA repair and transcription regulation activity

(2009) Sacha Coesel et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Electron Relay Race in Peptides

(2009) Bernd Giese et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

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

(2007) Olga Efimova et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL