Aureochromes – Blue Light Receptors

An update on aureochromes: Phylogeny – mechanism – function

(2017) Peter G. Kroth et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Structural and evolutionary aspects of algal blue light receptors of the cryptochrome and aureochrome type

(2017) Lars-Oliver Essen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A fast and reliable strategy to generate TALEN-mediated gene knockouts in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2017) M. Serif et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Time-Resolved Detection of Light-Induced Dimerization of Monomeric Aureochrome-1 and Change in Affinity for DNA

(2016) Yuki Akiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Allosteric communication between DNA-binding and light-responsive domains of diatom class I aureochromes

(2016) Ankan Banerjee et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Structure of a Native-like Aureochrome 1a LOV Domain Dimer from Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2016) Ankan Banerjee et al.   STRUCTURE

Blue light-induced LOV domain dimerization enhances the affinity of Aureochrome 1a for its target DNA sequence

(2016) Udo Heintz et al.   eLife

Allosterically Regulated Unfolding of the A′α Helix Exposes the Dimerization Site of the Blue-Light-Sensing Aureochrome-LOV Domain

(2015) Elena Herman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Endosymbiosis and Eukaryotic Cell Evolution

(2015) John M. Archibald   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolutionary History of the Photolyase/Cryptochrome Superfamily in Eukaryotes

(2015) Qiming Mei et al.   PLoS One

Spatio-temporally precise activation of engineered receptor tyrosine kinases by light

(2014) M. Grusch et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Blue Light-induced Dimerization of Monomeric Aureochrome-1 Enhances Its Affinity for the Target Sequence

(2014) Osamu Hisatomi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phosphoproteomic Analysis Provides Novel Insights into Stress Responses in Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a Model Diatom

(2014) Zhuo Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Photochemistry of flavoprotein light sensors

(2014) Karen S Conrad et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Blue-Light-Induced Unfolding of the Jα Helix Allows for the Dimerization of Aureochrome-LOV from the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Elena Herman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Biological photoreceptors of light-dependent regulatory processes

(2013) G. Ya. Fraikin et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

Analysis of Light-Dependent Cell Morphology and an Accumulation Response in Ochromonas danica

(2013) Mi^|^eacute; Ishikawa et al.   CYTOLOGIA

The role of domain shuffling in the evolution of signaling networks

(2013) Raphael B. Di Roberto et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Isolation, Expression, and Characterization of Blue Light Receptor AUREOCHROME Gene From Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)

(2013) Yunyan Deng et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Optogenetic tools for mammalian systems

(2013) Konrad Müller et al.   Molecular BioSystems

AUREOCHROME1a-Mediated Induction of the Diatom-Specific CyclindsCYC2Controls the Onset of Cell Division in Diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum)

(2013) Marie J.J. Huysman et al.   PLANT CELL

Algal photoreceptors: in vivo functions and potential applications

(2013) Arash Kianianmomeni et al.   PLANTA

Aureochrome 1a Is Involved in the Photoacclimation of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Benjamin Schellenberger Costa et al.   PLoS One

Light-inducible stress plastid proteins of phototrophs

(2013) N. P. Yurina et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Optogenetic control of cell function using engineered photoreceptors

(2012) Gopal P. Pathak et al.   BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Crystal structure of the channelrhodopsin light-gated cation channel

(2012) Hideaki E. Kato et al.   NATURE

Blue Light-Induced Conformational Changes in a Light-Regulated Transcription Factor, Aureochrome-1

(2012) Osamu Hisatomi et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of Three LOV Blue Light Receptor Families in Green Plants and Photosynthetic Stramenopiles: Phototropin, ZTL/FKF1/LKP2 and Aureochrome

(2012) Noriyuki Suetsugu et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Crystal Structures of Aureochrome1 LOV Suggest New Design Strategies for Optogenetics

(2012) Devrani Mitra et al.   STRUCTURE

Photoreactions of Aureochrome-1

(2011) Tsuguyoshi Toyooka et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Function, structure and mechanism of bacterial photosensory LOV proteins

(2011) Julien Herrou et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Structural basis of photosensitivity in a bacterial light-oxygen-voltage/helix-turn-helix (LOV-HTH) DNA-binding protein

(2011) A. I. Nash et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Synthetic Optogenetic Transcription Device Enhances Blood-Glucose Homeostasis in Mice

(2011) H. Ye et al.   SCIENCE

Structure of a Light-Activated LOV Protein Dimer That Regulates Transcription

(2011) A. T. Vaidya et al.   Science Signaling

Light helps bacteria make important lifestyle decisions

(2011) Mark Gomelsky et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Fungi, Hidden in Soil or Up in the Air: Light Makes a Difference

(2010) Julio Rodriguez-Romero et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Integration of Light- and Brassinosteroid-Signaling Pathways by a GATA Transcription Factor in Arabidopsis

(2010) Xiao-Min Luo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The Opportunistic Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii Senses and Responds to Light

(2010) M. A. Mussi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FMN Binding and Photochemical Properties of Plant Putative Photoreceptors Containing Two LOV Domains, LOV/LOV Proteins

(2010) Masahiro Kasahara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids

(2010) J. Janouskovec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial sensors of oxygen

(2009) Jeffrey Green et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The BLUF-EAL protein YcgF acts as a direct anti-repressor in a blue-light response of Escherichia coli

(2009) N. Tschowri et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Distribution and phylogeny of the blue light receptors aureochromes in eukaryotes

(2009) Mié Ishikawa et al.   PLANTA