The interplay between chromophore and protein determines the extended excited state dynamics in a single-domain phytochrome [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Phytochromes are a diverse family of bilin-binding photoreceptors that regulate a wide range of physiological processes. Their photochemical properties make them attractive for applications in optogenetics and superresolution microscopy. Phytochromes undergo reversible photoconversion triggered by the Z ⇄ E photoisomerization about the double bond in the bilin chromophore. However, it...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Chavdar Slavov, Tobias Fischer, Avishai Barnoy, Heewhan Shin, Aditya G. Rao, Christian Wiebeler, Xiaoli Zeng, Yafang Sun, Qianzhao Xu, Alexander Gutt, Kai–Hong Zhao, Wolfgang Gartner, Xiaoȷing Yang, Igor Schapiro, Josef Wachtveitl Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research