Phytochromes: an atomic perspective on photoactivation and signaling

ES Burgie, RD Vierstra - The Plant Cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The superfamily of phytochrome (Phy) photoreceptors regulates a wide array of light
responses in plants and microorganisms through their unique ability to reversibly switch …

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

KD Piatkevich, FV Subach, VV Verkhusha - Chemical Society reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Near-infrared light is favourable for imaging in mammalian tissues due to low absorbance of
hemoglobin, melanin, and water. Therefore, fluorescent proteins, biosensors and …

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

LO Essen, J Mailliet, J Hughes - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Phytochromes are red/far-red photochromic biliprotein photoreceptors, which in plants
regulate seed germination, stem extension, flowering time, and many other light effects …

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

Y Hirose, T Shimada, R Narikawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacteriochromes are a newly recognized group of photoreceptors that are distinct
relatives of phytochromes but are found only in cyanobacteria. A putative …

Crystal structure of Deinococcus phytochrome in the photoactivated state reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements during photoconversion

ES Burgie, J Zhang, RD Vierstra - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
Phytochromes are photochromic photoreceptors responsible for a myriad of red/far-red light-
dependent processes in plants and microorganisms. Interconversion is initially driven by …

High resolution structure of Deinococcus bacteriophytochrome yields new insights into phytochrome architecture and evolution

JR Wagner, J Zhang, JS Brunzelle, RD Vierstra… - Journal of biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
Phytochromes are red/far red light photochromic photoreceptors that direct many
photosensory behaviors in the bacterial, fungal, and plant kingdoms. They consist of an N …

Green/red cyanobacteriochromes regulate complementary chromatic acclimation via a protochromic photocycle

Y Hirose, NC Rockwell, K Nishiyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial members of the phytochrome
superfamily of photosensors. Like phytochromes, CBCRs convert between two photostates …

Mutational analysis of Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome reveals key amino acids necessary for the photochromicity and proton exchange cycle of …

JR Wagner, J Zhang, D Von Stetten, M Günther… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
The ability of phytochromes (Phy) to act as photointerconvertible light switches in plants and
microorganisms depends on key interactions between the bilin chromophore and the …

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

C Song, G Psakis, C Lang, J Mailliet… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Phytochrome photoreceptors mediate light responses in plants and in many
microorganisms. Here we report studies using 1H–13C magic-angle spinning NMR …

Crystal structure of the chromophore binding domain of an unusual bacteriophytochrome, RpBphP3, reveals residues that modulate photoconversion

X Yang, EA Stojković, J Kuk… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteriophytochromes RpBphP2 and RpBphP3 from the photosynthetic bacterium
Rhodopseudomonas palustris work in tandem to modulate synthesis of the light-harvesting …