Biological photoreceptors of light-dependent regulatory processes

Diverse Responses to Blue Light via LOV Photoreceptors

(2013) K.-i. Shimazaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The Evolution of Flavin-Binding Photoreceptors: An Ancient Chromophore Serving Trendy Blue-Light Sensors

(2012) Aba Losi et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

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

LOV Domain-Containing F-Box Proteins: Light-Dependent Protein Degradation Modules in Arabidopsis

(2012) Shogo Ito et al.   Molecular Plant

Structural basis of ultraviolet-B perception by UVR8

(2012) Di Wu et al.   NATURE

Both Phototropin 1 and 2 Localize on the Chloroplast Outer Membrane with Distinct Localization Activity

(2012) Sam-Geun Kong et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Investigations on the Photoregulation of Chloroplast Movement and Leaf Positioning in Arabidopsis

(2012) In-Seob Han et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A C-Terminal Membrane Association Domain of Phototropin 2 is Necessary for Chloroplast Movement

(2012) Sam-Geun Kong et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Antagonistic Regulation of Leaf Flattening by Phytochrome B and Phototropin in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2012) Toshiaki Kozuka et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

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

Multiple Roles for UV RESISTANCE LOCUS8 in Regulating Gene Expression and Metabolite Accumulation in Arabidopsis under Solar Ultraviolet Radiation

(2012) L. O. Morales et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

C-terminal region of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 initiates signaling through interaction with the COP1 protein

(2012) C. Cloix et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant UVR8 Photoreceptor Senses UV-B by Tryptophan-Mediated Disruption of Cross-Dimer Salt Bridges

(2012) J. M. Christie et al.   SCIENCE

UV-B photoreceptor-mediated signalling in plants

(2012) Marc Heijde et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Blue-light-dependent interaction of cryptochrome 1 with SPA1 defines a dynamic signaling mechanism

(2011) H.-L. Lian et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Computational Evidence for the Role ofArabidopsis thalianaUVR8 as UV–B Photoreceptor and Identification of Its Chromophore Amino Acids

(2011) Min Wu et al.   Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism of Magnetic Field Effects in Cryptochrome

(2011) Ilia A. Solov’yov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Function, structure and mechanism of bacterial photosensory LOV proteins

(2011) Julien Herrou et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

On the Binding of BODIPY-GTP by the Photosensory Protein YtvA from the Common Soil Bacterium Bacillus subtilis†

(2011) Yusuke Nakasone et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Old Chromophores, New Photoactivation Paradigms, Trendy Applications: Flavins in Blue Light-Sensing Photoreceptors†

(2011) Aba Losi et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Novel blue light receptors with an F-box: their direct control of the circadian clock and the flowering timing in Arabidopsis

(2011) Sumire Fujiwara   Plant Biotechnology

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

Perception of UV-B by the Arabidopsis UVR8 Protein

(2011) L. Rizzini et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

The action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes

(2011) Hongtao Liu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Role of the Chromophore in the Biological Photoreceptor Phytochrome: An Approach Using Chemically Synthesized Tetrapyrroles

(2010) Christian Bongards et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Blue Light Induces Global and Localized Conformational Changes in the Kinase Domain of Full-Length Phototropin

(2010) Anna Pfeifer et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

An Analysis of the Solution Structure and Signaling Mechanism of LovK, a Sensor Histidine Kinase Integrating Light and Redox Signals

(2010) Erin B. Purcell et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Excited flavin and pterin coenzyme molecules in evolution

(2010) M. S. Kritsky et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

Photoadaptation in Neurospora by Competitive Interaction of Activating and Inhibitory LOV Domains

(2010) Erik Malzahn et al.   CELL

A Brief History of Phytochromes

(2010) Nathan C. Rockwell et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Genetic and Molecular Characterization of a Cryptochrome from the Filamentous Fungus Neurospora crassa

(2010) Allan C. Froehlich et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Spotlight on Aspergillus nidulans photosensory systems

(2010) Özgür Bayram et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Bathy Phytochromes in Rhizobial Soil Bacteria

(2010) G. Rottwinkel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Quantum Chemistry Calculations Provide Support to the Mechanism of the Light-Induced Structural Changes in the Flavin-Binding Photoreceptor Proteins

(2010) M. G. Khrenova et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

The Switch that Does Not Flip: The Blue-Light Receptor YtvA from Bacillus subtilis Adopts an Elongated Dimer Conformation Independent of the Activation State as Revealed by a Combined AUC and SAXS Study

(2010) Marcel Jurk et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Rationally improving LOV domain–based photoswitches

(2010) Devin Strickland et al.   NATURE METHODS

A Blue Light-inducible Phosphodiesterase Activity in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus

(2010) Zhen Cao et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Photoreaction of mutated LOV photoreceptor domains from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with aliphatic mercaptans: implications for the mechanism of wild type LOV

(2010) Karin Lanzl et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Physical interaction between VIVID and white collar complex regulates photoadaptation in Neurospora

(2010) C.-H. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VIVID interacts with the WHITE COLLAR complex and FREQUENCY-interacting RNA helicase to alter light and clock responses in Neurospora

(2010) S. M. Hunt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reaction mechanism of Drosophila cryptochrome

(2010) N. Ozturk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Signal Transduction in Responses to UV-B Radiation

(2009) Gareth I. Jenkins   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Structure and Insight into Blue Light-Induced Changes in the BlrP1 BLUF Domain†,‡

(2009) Qiong Wu et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Conformational Heterogeneity and Propagation of Structural Changes in the LOV2/Jα Domain from Avena sativa Phototropin 1 as Recorded by Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy

(2009) Maxime T.A. Alexandre et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Study on Photoadduct Formation and Secondary Structural Changes within the Phototropin LOV Domain

(2009) Anna Pfeifer et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Structural biology of DNA photolyases and cryptochromes

(2009) Markus Müller et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of light-inducible responses reveals hierarchical light signalling in Neurospora

(2009) Chen-Hui Chen et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

(2009) Sacha Coesel et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Distribution and Phylogeny of Light-Oxygen-Voltage-Blue-Light-Signaling Proteins in the Three Kingdoms of Life

(2009) U. Krauss et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In VivoMutational Analysis of YtvA fromBacillus subtilis

(2009) Marcela Avila-Pérez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Understanding phototropism: from Darwin to today

(2009) J. J. Holland et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phytochrome functions in Arabidopsis development

(2009) K. A. Franklin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Illuminating Solution Responses of a LOV Domain Protein with Photocoupled Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

(2009) Jessica S. Lamb et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

What Makes the Difference between a Cryptochrome and DNA Photolyase? A Spectroelectrochemical Comparison of the Flavin Redox Transitions

(2009) Véronique Balland et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure and mechanism of a bacterial light-regulated cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase

(2009) Thomas R. M. Barends et al.   NATURE

Mechanism-based tuning of a LOV domain photoreceptor

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

Interdomain signalling in the blue-light sensing and GTP-binding protein YtvA: A mutagenesis study uncovering the importance of specific protein sites

(2009) Yifen Tang et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Distinct classes of red/far-red photochemistry within the phytochrome superfamily

(2009) N. C. Rockwell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chemical magnetoreception in birds: The radical pair mechanism

(2009) C. T. Rodgers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phycomyces MADB interacts with MADA to form the primary photoreceptor complex for fungal phototropism

(2009) C. Sanz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Decoding of Light Signals by Plant Phytochromes and Their Interacting Proteins

(2008) Gabyong Bae et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

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

(2008) Abigail I. Nash et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Light Activation of the LOV Protein Vivid Generates a Rapidly Exchanging Dimer†‡

(2008) Brian D. Zoltowski et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Femtosecond Kinetics of Photoconversion of the Higher Plant Photoreceptor Phytochrome Carrying Native and Modified Chromophores

(2008) Marc G. Müller et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Multiple Phytochrome-Interacting bHLH Transcription Factors Repress Premature Seedling Photomorphogenesis in Darkness

(2008) Pablo Leivar et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Higher plants use LOV to perceive blue light

(2008) Emilie Demarsy et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Structure and Function of Photolyase andin VivoEnzymology: 50th Anniversary

(2008) Aziz Sancar   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Fungal Phytochrome FphA fromAspergillus nidulans

(2008) Sonja Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural Basis of the LOV1 Dimerization of Arabidopsis Phototropins 1 and 2

(2008) Masayoshi Nakasako et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Design and Signaling Mechanism of Light-Regulated Histidine Kinases

(2008) Andreas Möglich et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ultrafast Dynamics of Flavins in Five Redox States

(2008) Ya-Ting Kao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

More Than a Repair Enzyme: Aspergillus nidulans Photolyase-like CryA Is a Regulator of Sexual Development

(2008) Özgür Bayram et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mapping the interaction sites of Aspergillus nidulans phytochrome FphA with the global regulator VeA and the White Collar protein LreB

(2008) Janina Purschwitz et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Estimation of the available free energy in a LOV2-Jα photoswitch

(2008) Xiaolan Yao et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Bacterial bilin- and flavin-binding photoreceptors

(2008) A. Losi et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multiple interactions between cryptochrome and phototropin blue-light signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Bin Kang et al.   PLANTA

Crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophytochrome: Photoconversion and signal transduction

(2008) X. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Molecular structure and regulation of phototropin kinase by blue light

(2007) Satoru Tokutomi et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Evidence of a Light-Sensing Role for Folate in Arabidopsis Cryptochrome Blue-Light Receptors

(2007) Nathalie Hoang et al.   Molecular Plant

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

(2007) Stuart Sullivan et al.   Molecular Plant