Microalgal protein AstaP is a potent carotenoid solubilizer and delivery module with a broad carotenoid binding repertoire

Xanthophylls from the Sea: Algae as Source of Bioactive Carotenoids

(2021) Antia G. Pereira et al.   Marine Drugs

Molecular Mechanisms of Astaxanthin as a Potential Neurotherapeutic Agent

(2021) Eshak I. Bahbah et al.   Marine Drugs

Heterologous expression of cyanobacterial Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP2) as a soluble carrier of ketocarotenoids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2021) Matteo Pivato et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Role of hydrogen bond alternation and charge transfer states in photoactivation of the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2021) Igor A. Yaroshevich et al.   Communications Biology

Distribution of the Water-Soluble Astaxanthin Binding Carotenoprotein (AstaP) in Scenedesmaceae

(2021) Hiroki Toyoshima et al.   Marine Drugs

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

(2021) John Jumper et al.   NATURE

Accurate prediction of protein structures and interactions using a three-track neural network

(2021) Minkyung Baek et al.   SCIENCE

Engineering the photoactive orange carotenoid protein with redox-controllable structural dynamics and photoprotective function

(2020) Yury B. Slonimskiy et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Pectenovarin, A New Ovarian Carotenoprotein from Japanese Scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis

(2020) Satoko Matsunaga et al.   MOLECULES

Astaxanthin and other Nutrients from Haematococcus pluvialis—Multifunctional Applications

(2020) Malwina Mularczyk et al.   Marine Drugs

Antitumour Effects of Astaxanthin and Adonixanthin on Glioblastoma

(2020) Shohei Tsuji et al.   Marine Drugs

Structural analysis of a new carotenoid-binding protein: the C-terminal domain homolog of the OCP

(2020) Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin et al.   Scientific Reports

Water-soluble astaxanthin-binding protein (AstaP) from Coelastrella astaxanthina Ki-4 (Scenedesmaceae) involving in photo-oxidative stress tolerance

(2020) Hiroki Toyoshima et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Soluble Cyanobacterial Carotenoprotein as a Robust Antioxidant Nanocarrier and Delivery Module

(2020) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   Antioxidants

Photooxidative stress-inducible orange and pink water-soluble astaxanthin-binding proteins in eukaryotic microalga

(2020) Shinji Kawasaki et al.   Communications Biology

Light‐controlled carotenoid transfer between water‐soluble proteins related to cyanobacterial photoprotection

(2019) Yury B. Slonimskiy et al.   FEBS Journal

Structural and spectroscopic characterization of HCP2

(2019) Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Optimization of expression of orange carotenoid protein in Escherichia coli

(2019) Xiao-Dan Li et al.   PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION

Canthaxanthin protects human sperm parameters during cryopreservation

(2019) Leila Najafi et al.   ANDROLOGIA

Hybrid coupling of R-phycoerythrin and the orange carotenoid protein supports the FRET-based mechanism of cyanobacterial photoprotection

(2019) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Daily zeaxanthin supplementation prevents atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in a mouse model of mitochondrial oxidative stress

(2018) Manas R. Biswal et al.   PLoS One

OCP–FRP protein complex topologies suggest a mechanism for controlling high light tolerance in cyanobacteria

(2018) Nikolai N. Sluchanko et al.   Nature Communications

(3R, 3’R)-Zeaxanthin protects the retina from photo-oxidative damage via modulating the inflammation and visual health molecular markers

(2018) Kazim Sahin et al.   Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Deletion of the short N-terminal extension in OCP reveals the main site for FRP binding

(2017) Nikolai N. Sluchanko et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Structure, function and evolution of the cyanobacterial orange carotenoid protein and its homologs

(2017) Cheryl A. Kerfeld et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Assembly of photoactive orange carotenoid protein from its domains unravels a carotenoid shuttle mechanism

(2017) Marcus Moldenhauer et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Interaction of the signaling state analog and the apoprotein form of the orange carotenoid protein with the fluorescence recovery protein

(2017) Marcus Moldenhauer et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Synthetic OCP heterodimers are photoactive and recapitulate the fusion of two primitive carotenoproteins in the evolution of cyanobacterial photoprotection

(2017) Sigal Lechno-Yossef et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Paralogs of the C-Terminal Domain of the Cyanobacterial Orange Carotenoid Protein Are Carotenoid Donors to Helical Carotenoid Proteins

(2017) Fernando Muzzopappa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The photocycle of orange carotenoid protein conceals distinct intermediates and asynchronous changes in the carotenoid and protein components

(2017) E. G. Maksimov et al.   Scientific Reports

Structure, Diversity, and Evolution of a New Family of Soluble Carotenoid-Binding Proteins in Cyanobacteria

(2016) Matthew R. Melnicki et al.   Molecular Plant

A comparative study of three signaling forms of the orange carotenoid protein

(2016) E. G. Maksimov et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Different Functions of the Paralogs to the N-Terminal Domain of the Orange Carotenoid Protein in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2016) Rocío López-Igual et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Orange carotenoid protein burrows into the phycobilisome to provide photoprotection

(2016) Dvir Harris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Signaling State of Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2015) Eugene G. Maksimov et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Local and global structural drivers for the photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein

(2015) Sayan Gupta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A 12 A carotenoid translocation in a photoswitch associated with cyanobacterial photoprotection

(2015) R. L. Leverenz et al.   SCIENCE

Biosynthesis of soluble carotenoid holoproteins in Escherichia coli

(2015) Céline Bourcier de Carbon et al.   Scientific Reports

The Cyanobacterial Photoactive Orange Carotenoid Protein Is an Excellent Singlet Oxygen Quencher

(2014) A. Sedoud et al.   PLANT CELL

A Novel Fatty Acid-Binding Protein-Like Carotenoid-Binding Protein from the Gonad of the New Zealand Sea Urchin Evechinus chloroticus

(2014) Jodi Pilbrow et al.   PLoS One

A Novel Astaxanthin-Binding Photooxidative Stress-Inducible Aqueous Carotenoprotein from a Eukaryotic Microalga Isolated from Asphalt in Midsummer

(2013) Shinji Kawasaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular Characterisation of Colour Formation in the Prawn Fenneropenaeus merguiensis

(2013) Nicole G. Ertl et al.   PLoS One

Structure and function of a bacterial Fasciclin I Domain Protein elucidates function of related cell adhesion proteins such as TGFBIp and periostin

(2013) Robert G. Moody et al.   FEBS Open Bio

Carotenoids and Their Isomers: Color Pigments in Fruits and Vegetables

(2011) Hock-Eng Khoo et al.   MOLECULES

PONDR-FIT: A meta-predictor of intrinsically disordered amino acids

(2010) Bin Xue et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Influence of zeaxanthin and echinenone binding on the activity of the Orange Carotenoid Protein

(2009) Claire Punginelli et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Astaxanthin reduces ischemic brain injury in adult rats

(2009) Hui Shen et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Neuroprotective Effects of Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin in Nerve Growth Factor Differentiated PC12 Cells

(2009) Kung-chi Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE

Occurrence and function of the orange carotenoid protein in photoprotective mechanisms in various cyanobacteria

(2008) Clémence Boulay et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Astaxanthin, canthaxanthin and β-carotene differently affect UVA-induced oxidative damage and expression of oxidative stress-responsive enzymes

(2008) Emanuela Camera et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Global shape and pH stability of ovorubin, an oligomeric protein from the eggs of Pomacea canaliculata

(2008) Marcos S. Dreon et al.   FEBS Journal

A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor

(2008) A. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA