In this review, we describe recent research developments into radiation damage effects in
macromolecular X-ray crystallography observed at synchrotrons and X-ray free electron …

This review adds the bilin-binding phytochromes to the Chemical Reviews thematic issue
“Optogenetics and Photopharmacology”. The work is structured into two parts. We first …

Many aspects of plant photoperception are mediated by the phytochrome (Phy) family of
bilin-containing photoreceptors that reversibly interconvert between inactive Pr and active …

Serial femtosecond crystallography has opened up many new opportunities in structural
biology. In recent years, several approaches employing light-inducible systems have …

Dynamical changes in protein structures are essential for protein function and occur over
femtoseconds to seconds timescales. X‐ray free electron lasers have facilitated …

Phytochromes are ubiquitous photosensor proteins, which control the growth, reproduction
and movement in plants, fungi and bacteria. Phytochromes switch between two …

Optical control has enabled functional modulation in cell culture with unparalleled
spatiotemporal resolution. However, current tools for in vivo manipulation are scarce. Here …

Plants employ a divergent cohort of phytochrome (Phy) photoreceptors to govern many
aspects of morphogenesis through reversible photointerconversion between inactive Pr and …

Phytochromes (Phys) are a divergent cohort of bili-proteins that detect light through
reversible interconversion between dark-adapted Pr and photoactivated Pfr states. While our …

Certain cyanobacteria alter their photosynthetic light absorption between green and red, a
phenomenon called complementary chromatic acclimation. The acclimation is regulated by …