Singlet oxygen photophysics: from liquid solvents to mammalian cells

M Bregnhøj, F Thorning, PR Ogilby - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecular oxygen, O2, has long provided a cornerstone for studies in chemistry, physics,
and biology. Although the triplet ground state, O2 (X3Σg–), has garnered much attention, the …

Flavoprotein photochemistry: fundamental processes and photocatalytic perspectives

B Zhuang, U Liebl, MH Vos - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
Flavins are highly versatile redox-active and colored cofactors in a large variety of proteins.
These do include photoenzymes and photoreceptors, although the vast majority performs …

A light life together: photosensing in the plant microbiota

A Losi, W Gärtner - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Bacteria and fungi of the plant microbiota can be phytopathogens, parasites or symbionts
that establish mutually advantageous relationships with plants. They are often rich in …

Signal transduction in light-oxygen-voltage receptors lacking the active-site glutamine

J Dietler, R Gelfert, J Kaiser, V Borin, C Renzl… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In nature as in biotechnology, light-oxygen-voltage photoreceptors perceive blue light to
elicit spatiotemporally defined cellular responses. Photon absorption drives thioadduct …

Unraveling the mechanism of a LOV domain optogenetic sensor: A glutamine lever induces unfolding of the Jα helix

JN Iuliano, JT Collado, AA Gil, PT Ravindran… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Light-activated protein domains provide a convenient, modular, and genetically encodable
sensor for optogenetics and optobiology. Although these domains have now been deployed …

Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time‐Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields

S Maity, BD Price, CB Wilson, A Mukherjee… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present time‐resolved Gd− Gd electron paramagnetic resonance (TiGGER) at 240 GHz
for tracking inter‐residue distances during a protein's mechanical cycle in the solution state …

Light-Mediated Decreases in Cyclic di-GMP Levels Inhibit Structure Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

LJ Kahl, A Price-Whelan, LEP Dietrich - Journal of bacteriology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Light is known to trigger regulatory responses in diverse organisms, including slime molds,
animals, plants, and phototrophic bacteria. However, light-dependent processes in …

Ab initio derivation of flavin hyperfine interactions for the protein magnetosensor cryptochrome

J Deviers, F Cailliez, BZ Gutiérrez, DR Kattnig… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The radicals derived from flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) are a corner stone of recent
hypotheses about magnetoreception, including the compass of migratory songbirds. These …

Partially covalent two-electron/multicentric bonding between semiquinone radicals

K Molčanov, C Jelsch, B Landeros… - Crystal growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
X-ray charge density was determined and analyzed for two polymorphs of the N-
methylpyridinium salt of the tetrachlorosemiquinone radical anion and its analogous closed …

[HTML][HTML] Production and viscosity of Xanthan Gum are increased by LED irradiation of X. campestris cultivated in medium containing produced water of the oil industry

PJL Crugeira, PF de Almeida, ICF Sampaio… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil recovery is a challenge and microbial enhanced oil recovery is an option. We theorized
that the use of produced water (PW) with photo-stimulation could influence both production …