Conserved tyrosine in phytochromes controls the photodynamics through steric demand and hydrogen bonding capabilities

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The Red Edge: Bilin-Binding Photoreceptors as Optogenetic Tools and Fluorescence Reporters

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Ultrafast Photoconversion Dynamics of the Knotless Phytochrome SynCph2

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Tongue Refolding in the Knotless Cyanobacterial Phytochrome All2699

(2020) Qian-Zhao Xu et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Origin of Ultrafast Multiphasic Dynamics in Photoisomerization of Bacteriophytochrome

(2020) Dihao Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The interplay between chromophore and protein determines the extended excited state dynamics in a single-domain phytochrome

(2020) Chavdar Slavov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of the PHY domain on the photoisomerization step of the forward Pr → Pfr conversion of a knotless phytochrome

(2020) Tobias Fischer et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Elucidating Ultrafast Multiphasic Dynamics in the Photoisomerization of Cyanobacteriochrome

(2020) Dihao Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

MAS NMR on a Red/Far-Red Photochromic Cyanobacteriochrome All2699 from Nostoc

(2019) Qian-Zhao Xu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

On the (un)coupling of the chromophore, tongue interactions, and overall conformation in a bacterial phytochrome

(2018) Heikki Takala et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Chromophore–Protein Interplay during the Phytochrome Photocycle Revealed by Step-Scan FTIR Spectroscopy

(2018) Janne A. Ihalainen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins: Multiplexing and Optogenetics across Scales

(2018) Daria M. Shcherbakova et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Near-infrared optogenetic pair for protein regulation and spectral multiplexing

(2017) Taras A Redchuk et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Probing the early stages of photoreception in photoactive yellow protein with ultrafast time-domain Raman spectroscopy

(2017) Hikaru Kuramochi et al.   Nature Chemistry

Spectroscopic Investigation on the Primary Photoreaction of Bathy Phytochrome Agp2-Pr ofAgrobacterium fabrum: Isomerization in a pH-dependent H-bond Network

(2016) Patrick Singer et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Phytochromes function as thermosensors in Arabidopsis

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Implementation and Evaluation of Data Analysis Strategies for Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy

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Conservation and Diversity in the Primary Forward Photodynamics of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochromes

(2015) Sean M. Gottlieb et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Detailed insight into the ultrafast photoconversion of the cyanobacteriochrome Slr1393 from Synechocystis sp.

(2015) Chavdar Slavov et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Ultrafast Photoreaction Dynamics of a Light-Driven Sodium-Ion-Pumping Retinal Protein from Krokinobacter eikastus Revealed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy

(2015) Shinya Tahara et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Local vibrational coherences drive the primary photochemistry of vision

(2015) Philip J. M. Johnson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Ultrafast coherent oscillations reveal a reactive mode in the ring-opening reaction of fulgides

(2015) C. Slavov et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamic Inhomogeneity in the Photodynamics of Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Cph1

(2014) Peter W. Kim et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Femto- to Microsecond Photodynamics of an Unusual Bacteriophytochrome

(2014) Tilo Mathes et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Phytochromes: An Atomic Perspective on Photoactivation and Signaling

(2014) E. Sethe Burgie et al.   PLANT CELL

Temperature Effects on Bacterial Phytochrome

(2014) Ibrahim Njimona et al.   PLoS One

Primary Photodynamics of the Green/Red-Absorbing Photoswitching Regulator of the Chromatic Adaptation E Domain from Fremyella diplosiphon

(2013) Sean M. Gottlieb et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Engineering of bacterial phytochromes for near-infrared imaging, sensing, and light-control in mammals

(2013) Kiryl D. Piatkevich et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Unusual Spectral Properties of Bacteriophytochrome Agp2 Result from a Deprotonation of the Chromophore in the Red-absorbing Form Pr

(2013) Benjamin Zienicke et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure of the Cyanobacterial Phytochrome 2 Photosensor Implies a Tryptophan Switch for Phytochrome Signaling

(2013) Katrin Anders et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Reactive Ground-State Pathways Are Not Ubiquitous in Red/Green Cyanobacteriochromes

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Femtosecond Photodynamics of the Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 from Nostoc punctiforme. 1. Forward Dynamics

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Spectroscopy and a High-Resolution Crystal Structure of Tyr263 Mutants of Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Cph1

(2011) Jo Mailliet et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Temperature-scan cryocrystallography reveals reaction intermediates in bacteriophytochrome

(2011) Xiaojing Yang et al.   NATURE

Two ground state isoforms and a chromophore D-ring photoflip triggering extensive intramolecular changes in a canonical phytochrome

(2011) C. Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spectroscopic and Photochemical Characterization of the Red-Light Sensitive Photosensory Module of Cph2 from Synechocystis PCC 6803

(2010) Katrin Anders et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Proton-transfer and hydrogen-bond interactions determine fluorescence quantum yield and photochemical efficiency of bacteriophytochrome

(2010) K. C. Toh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Mutational Analysis ofDeinococcus radioduransBacteriophytochrome Reveals Key Amino Acids Necessary for the Photochromicity and Proton Exchange Cycle of Phytochromes

(2008) Jeremiah R. Wagner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Ultrafast Pump−Probe Study of the Primary Photoreaction Process inpharaonisHalorhodopsin: Halide Ion Dependence and Isomerization Dynamics

(2008) Takumi Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Cyanobacteriochrome CcaS is the green light receptor that induces the expression of phycobilisome linker protein

(2008) Y. Hirose et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The structure of a complete phytochrome sensory module in the Pr ground state

(2008) L.-O. Essen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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