Light-induced Conformational Changes of LOV1 (Light Oxygen Voltage-sensing Domain 1) and LOV2 Relative to the Kinase Domain and Regulation of Kinase Activity inChlamydomonasPhototropin

Phosphorylation of BLUS1 kinase by phototropins is a primary step in stomatal opening

(2013) Atsushi Takemiya et al.   Nature Communications

Phytochrome Kinase Substrate 4 is phosphorylated by the phototropin 1 photoreceptor

(2012) Emilie Demarsy et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Mutations in N-terminal Flanking Region of Blue Light-sensing Light-Oxygen and Voltage 2 (LOV2) Domain Disrupt Its Repressive Activity on Kinase Domain in the Chlamydomonas Phototropin

(2012) Yusuke Aihara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phototropin Influence on Eyespot Development and Regulation of Phototactic Behavior in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2012) J. Trippens et al.   PLANT CELL

Light-Induced Movement of the LOV2 Domain in an Asp720Asn Mutant LOV2−Kinase Fragment ofArabidopsisPhototropin 2

(2011) Yuki Takayama et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

LOV2-linker-kinase phosphorylates LOV1-containing N-terminal polypeptide substrate via photoreaction of LOV2 in Arabidopsis phototropin1

(2011) Koji Okajima et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Tissue-Autonomous Promotion of Palisade Cell Development by Phototropin 2 in Arabidopsis

(2011) T. Kozuka et al.   PLANT CELL

The action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes

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

phot1 Inhibition of ABCB19 Primes Lateral Auxin Fluxes in the Shoot Apex Required For Phototropism

(2011) John M. Christie et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Anna Pfeifer et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Rationally improving LOV domain–based photoswitches

(2010) Devin Strickland et al.   NATURE METHODS

The Arabidopsis PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE2 Protein Is a Phototropin Signaling Element That Regulates Leaf Flattening and Leaf Positioning

(2010) M. de Carbonnel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Different Role of the Jα Helix in the Light-Induced Activation of the LOV2 Domains in Various Phototropins

(2009) Takayuki Koyama et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Oligomeric structure of LOV domains inArabidopsisphototropin

(2009) Hitomi Katsura et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Phytochrome functions in Arabidopsis development

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

A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

(2009) Yi I. Wu et al.   NATURE

Induction of protein-protein interactions in live cells using light

(2009) Masayuki Yazawa et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

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