Microbial rhodopsins: the last two decades

A Rozenberg, K Inoue, H Kandori… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Microbial rhodopsins are diverse photoreceptive proteins containing a retinal chromophore
and are found in all domains of cellular life and are even encoded in genomes of viruses …

Light sensing and responses in fungi

Z Yu, R Fischer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Light controls important physiological and morphological responses in fungi. Fungi can
sense near-ultraviolet, blue, green, red and far-red light using up to 11 photoreceptors and …

Channelrhodopsin-2, a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel

G Nagel, T Szellas, W Huhn… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Microbial-type rhodopsins are found in archaea, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. Some of them
represent membrane ion transport proteins such as bacteriorhodopsin, a light-driven proton …

[HTML][HTML] The microbial opsin family of optogenetic tools

F Zhang, J Vierock, O Yizhar, LE Fenno, S Tsunoda… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
The capture and utilization of light is an exquisitely evolved process. The single-component
microbial opsins, although more limited than multicomponent cascades in processing …

Coordination of secondarymetabolism and development in fungi: the velvet familyof regulatory proteins

Ö Bayram, GH Braus - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Filamentous fungi produce a number of small bioactive molecules as part of their secondary
metabolism ranging from benign antibiotics such as penicillin to threatening mycotoxins …

Channelrhodopsin-1: a light-gated proton channel in green algae

G Nagel, D Ollig, M Fuhrmann, S Kateriya, AM Musti… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Phototaxis and photophobic responses of green algae are mediated by rhodopsins with
microbial-type chromophores. We report a complementary DNA sequence in the green alga …

Bacterial rhodopsin: evidence for a new type of phototrophy in the sea

O Béja, L Aravind, EV Koonin, MT Suzuki, A Hadd… - Science, 2000 - science.org
Extremely halophilic archaea contain retinal-binding integral membrane proteins called
bacteriorhodopsins that function as light-driven proton pumps. So far, bacteriorhodopsins …

Biological roles of fungal carotenoids

J Avalos, M Carmen Limón - Current genetics, 2015 - Springer
Carotenoids are terpenoid pigments widespread in nature, produced by bacteria, fungi,
algae and plants. They are also found in animals, which usually obtain them through the …

A functional-phylogenetic classification system for transmembrane solute transporters

MH Saier Jr - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY A comprehensive classification system for transmembrane molecular
transporters has been developed and recently approved by the transport panel of the …

Retinylidene proteins: structures and functions from archaea to humans

JL Spudich, CS Yang, KH Jung… - Annual review of cell …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Retinylidene proteins, containing seven membrane-embedded α-helices that form
an internal pocket in which the chromophore retinal is bound, are ubiquitous in …