This review deals with the biophysical aspects of flavin-based photosensors, comprising cryptochromes, LOV (Light, Oxygen and Voltage) and BLUF (Blue Light sensing Using FAD) proteins. Special emphasis is given to structural issues, photocycle quantum yields and energetics, mechanism of the lighttriggered reactions, early stages in signal transduction and oligomeric states of the light sensing protein modules. For BLUF and LOV domains important parallels are emerging, despite their different alpha ⁄ beta fold arrangement, whereas there is increasing evidence for a mechanicistic and functional splitting of the cryptochrome family.

Flavin-based Blue-light Photosensors: a Photobiophysics Update / Losi, Aba. - In: PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0031-8655. - 83:(2007), pp. 1283-1300. [10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00196.x]

Flavin-based Blue-light Photosensors: a Photobiophysics Update

LOSI, Aba
2007-01-01

Abstract

This review deals with the biophysical aspects of flavin-based photosensors, comprising cryptochromes, LOV (Light, Oxygen and Voltage) and BLUF (Blue Light sensing Using FAD) proteins. Special emphasis is given to structural issues, photocycle quantum yields and energetics, mechanism of the lighttriggered reactions, early stages in signal transduction and oligomeric states of the light sensing protein modules. For BLUF and LOV domains important parallels are emerging, despite their different alpha ⁄ beta fold arrangement, whereas there is increasing evidence for a mechanicistic and functional splitting of the cryptochrome family.
2007
Flavin-based Blue-light Photosensors: a Photobiophysics Update / Losi, Aba. - In: PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0031-8655. - 83:(2007), pp. 1283-1300. [10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00196.x]
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Losi_Anvur3Abstract.doc

non disponibili

Tipologia: Abstract
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 20 kB
Formato Microsoft Word
20 kB Microsoft Word   Visualizza/Apri   Richiedi una copia
Losi_anvur_3.pdf

non disponibili

Tipologia: Documento in Post-print
Licenza: NON PUBBLICO - Accesso privato/ristretto
Dimensione 2.61 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
2.61 MB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri   Richiedi una copia

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11381/1665660
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 183
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 178
social impact