The first member and eponym of the rhodopsin family was identified in the 1930s as the
visual pigment of the rod photoreceptor cell in the animal retina. It was found to be a …

Light-driven sodium pumps actively transport small cations across cellular membranes.
These pumps are used by microorganisms to convert light into membrane potential and …

This is a review of relevant Raman spectroscopy (RS) techniques and their use in structural
biology, biophysics, cells, and tissues imaging towards development of various medical …

Many organisms sense light using rhodopsins, photoreceptive proteins containing a retinal
chromophore. Here we report the discovery, structure and biophysical characterization of …

The light-driven sodium-pumping rhodopsin KR2 from Krokinobacter eikastus is the only
non-proton cation active transporter with demonstrated potential for optogenetics. However …

The Rhizoclosmatium globosum genome encodes three rhodopsin-guanylyl cyclases
(RGCs), which are predicted to facilitate visual orientation of the fungal zoospores. Here, we …

Rhodopsins are the most abundant light-harvesting proteins. A new family of rhodopsins,
heliorhodopsins (HeRs), has recently been discovered. Unlike in the known rhodopsins, in …

Phytoplankton is the base of the marine food chain as well as oxygen and carbon cycles and
thus plays a global role in climate and ecology. Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses that …

Recently, two groups of rhodopsin genes were identified in large double-stranded DNA
viruses. The structure and function of viral rhodopsins are unknown. We present functional …

Serial and time-resolved macromolecular crystallography are on the rise. However, beam
time at X-ray free-electron lasers is limited and most third-generation synchrotron-based …