Ommochromes in invertebrates: biochemistry and cell biology

Biochemistry and structural studies of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase reveal allosteric inhibition by Ro 61-8048

(2018) Jingjing Gao et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of two eye pigmentation genes in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

(2018) Wen-Hua Xue et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bm-muted , orthologous to mouse muted and encoding a subunit of the BLOC-1 complex, is responsible for the otm translucent mutation of the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2017) Haokun Zhang et al.   GENE

karmoisin and cardinal ortholog genes participate in the ommochrome synthesis of Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

(2017) Shu-Hua Liu et al.   Insect Science

Pigmentary analysis of eggs of the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2017) Haiyan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Phenoxazine: A Privileged Scaffold for Radical-Trapping Antioxidants

(2017) Luke A. Farmer et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The current and future state of animal coloration research

(2017) John A. Endler et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage

(2017) Nina G. Jablonski et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Animal coloration research: why it matters

(2017) Tim Caro et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The biology of color

(2017) Innes C. Cuthill et al.   SCIENCE

Wallace on Coloration: Contemporary Perspective and Unresolved Insights

(2017) Tim Caro   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Routing of the RAB6 secretory pathway towards the lysosome related organelle of melanocytes

(2017) Anand Patwardhan et al.   Nature Communications

Morphologies of eumelanins from the ink of six cephalopods species measured by atomic force microscopy

(2017) Yulin Sun et al.   Journal of Ocean University of China

Transcriptome analysis of the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui during wing color pattern development

(2016) Heidi Connahs et al.   BMC GENOMICS

BLOC-1 Brings Together the Actin and Microtubule Cytoskeletons to Generate Recycling Endosomes

(2016) Cédric Delevoye et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Metabolic control of methylation and acetylation

(2016) Xiaoyang Su et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Kynurenine-3-monooxygenase: a review of structure, mechanism, and inhibitors

(2016) Jason R. Smith et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

iFly: The eye of the fruit fly as a model to study autophagy and related trafficking pathways

(2016) Péter Lőrincz et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Color Richness in Cephalopod Chromatophores Originating from High Refractive Index Biomolecules

(2016) Sean R. Dinneen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Contributions of Phenoxazone-Based Pigments to the Structure and Function of Nanostructured Granules in Squid Chromatophores

(2016) Thomas L. Williams et al.   LANGMUIR

Characterization and analysis of a de novo transcriptome from the pygmy grasshopper Tetrix japonica

(2016) Zhongying Qiu et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

FlyBase at 25: looking to the future

(2016) L. Sian Gramates et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Using the knowns to discover the unknowns: MS-based dereplication uncovers structural diversity in 17-hydroxygeranyllinalool diterpene glycoside production in the Solanaceae

(2016) Sven Heiling et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Antioxidant Properties of Kynurenines: Density Functional Theory Calculations

(2016) Aleksandr V. Zhuravlev et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Light-induced depigmentation in planarians models the pathophysiology of acute porphyrias

(2016) Bradford M Stubenhaus et al.   eLife

Functional analysis of genes involved in color pattern formation in Lepidoptera

(2016) Haruhiko Fujiwara et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Genes controlling mimetic colour pattern variation in butterflies

(2016) Nicola J Nadeau   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Imaging trace element distributions in single organelles and subcellular features

(2016) Yoav Kashiv et al.   Scientific Reports

Identification of an evolutionary conserved structural loop that is required for the enzymatic and biological function of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase

(2016) Helen Michels et al.   Scientific Reports

The ABCs of Eye Color in Tribolium castaneum: Orthologs of the Drosophila white, scarlet, and brown Genes

(2015) N. Grubbs et al.   GENETICS

Positional cloning of a Bombyx pink-eyed white egg locus reveals the major role of cardinal in ommochrome synthesis

(2015) M Osanai-Futahashi et al.   HEREDITY

Antiradical capacity of ommochromes

(2015) Yanet Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING

Photosensitizing Activity of Endogenous Eye Lens Chromophores: An Attempt to Unravel Their Contributions to Photo-Aging and Cataract Disease

(2015) Felipe Avila et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Retinal Development and Ommin Pigment in the Cranchiid Squid Teuthowenia pellucida (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)

(2015) Aaron B. Evans et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Atg2 and ArfGAP1 as Candidate Genetic Modifiers of the Eye Pigmentation Phenotype of Adaptor Protein-3 (AP-3) Mutants in Drosophila melanogaster

(2015) Imilce A. Rodriguez-Fernandez et al.   PLoS One

Reversible colour change in Arthropoda

(2014) Kate D. L. Umbers et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

De novo transcriptome of Ischnura elegans provides insights into sensory biology, colour and vision genes

(2014) Pallavi Chauhan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mitochondria and Melanosomes Establish Physical Contacts Modulated by Mfn2 and Involved in Organelle Biogenesis

(2014) Tiziana Daniele et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies - thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking

(2014) D. G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The structure-function relationships of a natural nanoscale photonic device in cuttlefish chromatophores

(2014) L. F. Deravi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Support and challenges to the melanosomal casing model based on nanoscale distribution of metals within iris melanosomes detected by X-ray fluorescence analysis

(2014) Thomas Gorniak et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

The Complex Ultrastructure of the Endolysosomal System

(2014) J. Klumperman et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Biogenesis of Lysosomes and Lysosome-Related Organelles

(2014) J. P. Luzio et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Melanocytes and Their Diseases

(2014) Y. Yamaguchi et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

De novo characterization of the gene-rich transcriptomes of two color-polymorphic spiders, Theridion grallator and T. californicum (Araneae: Theridiidae), with special reference to pigment genes

(2013) Peter JP Croucher et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Lysosome-related organelles: unusual compartments become mainstream

(2013) Michael S Marks et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2013) Lingyan Wang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Environmental and hormonal factors controlling reversible colour change in crab spiders

(2013) A. L. Llandres et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Oxidative stress, photodamage and the role of screening pigments in insect eyes

(2013) T. C. Insausti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Autophagy Has a Significant Role in Determining Skin Color by Regulating Melanosome Degradation in Keratinocytes

(2013) Daiki Murase et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Crystal structure of Drosophila melanogaster tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase reveals insights into substrate recognition and catalytic mechanism

(2013) Wei Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition

(2013) Marta Amaral et al.   NATURE

Molecular basis of wing coloration in a Batesian mimic butterfly, Papilio polytes

(2013) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochemical identification and crystal structure of kynurenine formamidase fromDrosophila melanogaster

(2012) Qian Han et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Melanosomes on the move: a model to understand organelle dynamics

(2012) Alistair N. Hume et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Xanthurenic acid is a pigment in Junonia coenia butterfly wings

(2012) Emily Vanessa Daniels et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

A homolog of the human Hermansky–Pudluck syndrome-5 (HPS5) gene is responsible for the oa larval translucent mutants in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2012) T. Fujii et al.   GENETICA

Positional cloning of a gene responsible for the cts mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2012) Katsuhiko Ito et al.   GENOME

Reduced expression of the dysbindin-like gene in the Bombyx mori ov mutant exhibiting mottled translucency of the larval skin

(2012) Lingyan Wang et al.   GENOME

Identification of theBombyx Red EggGene Reveals Involvement of a Novel Transporter Family Gene in Late Steps of the Insect Ommochrome Biosynthesis Pathway

(2012) Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

AP-1 clathrin adaptor and CG8538/Aftiphilin are involved in Notch signaling during eye development in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) S. Kametaka et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A major facilitator superfamily protein participates in the reddish brown pigmentation in Bombyx mori

(2012) Yunpo Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Mass appeal: metabolite identification in mass spectrometry-focused untargeted metabolomics

(2012) Warwick B. Dunn et al.   Metabolomics

3-Hydroxykynurenine: An intriguing molecule exerting dual actions in the Central Nervous System

(2012) Ana Laura Colín-González et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Mechanisms of Protein Delivery to Melanosomes in Pigment Cells

(2012) Anand Sitaram et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Redox alters yellow dragonflies into red

(2012) R. Futahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila mauveMutants Reveal a Role of LYST Homologs Late in the Maturation of Phagosomes and Autophagosomes

(2012) Mokhlasur Rahman et al.   TRAFFIC

UV Photoreceptors and UV-Yellow Wing Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies Allow a Color Signal to Serve both Mimicry and Intraspecific Communication

(2011) Seth M. Bybee et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects

(2011) Ken-ichiro Tatematsu et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Cargo sorting to lysosome-related organelles regulates siRNA-mediated gene silencing

(2011) Dinari A. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

AP-1 and clathrin are essential for secretory granule biogenesis in Drosophila

(2011) Jason Burgess et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The pleiotropic roles of autophagy regulators in melanogenesis

(2011) Hsiang Ho et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

AP-1 Controls the Trafficking of Notch and Sanpodo toward E-Cadherin Junctions in Sensory Organ Precursors

(2010) Najate Benhra et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ditopic Complexation of Selenite Anions or Calcium Cations by Pirenoxine: An Implication for Anti-Cataractogenesis

(2010) Jiahn-Haur Liao et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2010) T. Fujii et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The first step of the dioxygenation reaction carried out by tryptophan dioxygenase and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase as revealed by quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical studies

(2010) Luciana Capece et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cryptic Color Change in a Crab Spider (Misumena vatia): Identification and Quantification of Precursors and Ommochrome Pigments by HPLC

(2010) Mickaël Riou et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Evolutionary origins of metabolic compartmentalization in eukaryotes

(2010) W. Martin   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Shared and divergent expression domains on mimeticHeliconiuswings

(2009) Laura C. Ferguson et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Abnormal red body coloration of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, is caused by a mutation in a novel kynureninase

(2009) Yan Meng et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Genetic modifiers of abnormal organelle biogenesis in a Drosophila model of BLOC-1 deficiency

(2009) Verónica T. Cheli et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

A 25bp-long insertional mutation in the BmVarp gene causes the waxy translucent skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2009) Katsuhiko Ito et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Turnover of pigment granules: Cyclic catabolism and anabolism of ommochromes within epidermal cells

(2009) T.C. Insausti et al.   TISSUE & CELL

Phenoxazinone synthase: what's in a name?

(2009) Marilize Le Roes-Hill et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Redox compartmentalization in eukaryotic cells

(2008) Young-Mi Go et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Electron microscopy of high pressure frozen samples: bridging the gap between cellular ultrastructure and atomic resolution

(2008) Daniel Studer et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

A new role for a classical gene: White transports cyclic GMP

(2008) J. M. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The functional morphology of color changing in a spider: development of ommochrome pigment granules

(2008) T. C. Insausti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cephalopod coloration model I Squid chromatophores and iridophores

(2008) Richard L. Sutherland et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION

The multiple disguises of spiders: web colour and decorations, body colour and movement

(2008) M. Thery et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Electron tomography of early melanosomes: Implications for melanogenesis and the generation of fibrillar amyloid sheets

(2008) I. Hurbain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Photochemical and thermal reactions of kynurenines

(2008) Yu P Tsentalovich et al.   RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Development and evolution of insect pigmentation: Genetic mechanisms and the potential consequences of pleiotropy

(2008) Patricia J. Wittkopp et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gene expression underlying adaptive variation in Heliconius wing patterns: non-modular regulation of overlapping cinnabar and vermilion prepatterns

(2007) R. D Reed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES