The phytochrome family of photoreceptors monitors the light environment and dictates
patterns of gene expression that enable the plant to optimize growth and development in …

This review introduces the discovery of multiple molecular species and gene families of
plant phytochrome (Phy), discusses how the discrete roles of different Phy species are being …

The HY1 locus of Arabidopsis is necessary for phytochrome chromophore biosynthesis and
is defined by mutants that show a long hypocotyl phenotype when grown in the light. We …

Light is a critical environmental stimulus for plants, serving as an energy source via
photosynthesis and a signal for developmental programming. Plants perceive light through …

Molecular mapping studies and sequence comparisons are providing provocative new
insights into regions of the phytochrome polypeptide important to the functional activities of …

The complete sequence of the Synechocystis chromosome has revealed a phytochrome-like
sequence that yielded an authentic phytochrome when overexpressed in Escherichia coli. In …

Optogenetic actuators have revolutionized the resolution at which biological processes can
be controlled. In plants, deployment of optogenetics is challenging due to the need for these …

The phytochrome chromophore precursor, 3E-phytochromobilin, and the phycobiliprotein
chromophore precursors, 3E-phycocyanobilin and 3E-phycoerythrobilin, are enzymatically …

Phycobilins are open-chain tetrapyrroles that func-tion as chromophores of light-harvesting
chromoproteins in certain groups of photoBynthetic organisms. In their functional state, the …

By co-expression of heme oxygenase and various bilin reductase (s) in a single operon in
conjunction with apophytochrome using two compatible plasmids, we developed a system to …