Proteins guide the flows of information, energy, and matter that make life possible by
accelerating transport and chemical reactions, by allosterically modulating these reactions …

A major goal in biomedical science is to move beyond static images of proteins and other
biological macromolecules to the internal dynamics underlying their function. This level of …

The Light-oxygen-voltage-sensing domain (LOV) superfamily, found in enzymes and signal
transduction proteins, plays a crucial role in converting light signals into structural signals …

The i-motif is a pH-responsive cytosine-rich oligonucleotide sequence that forms, under
acidic conditions, a quadruplex structure. This tunable structural switching has made the i …

Protein dynamics are essential to biological function, and methods to determine such
structural rearrangements constitute a frontier in structural biology. Synchrotron radiation …

The structure of a protein is closely related to its biological function. In this regard, structural
changes, as well as static structures, have been scrutinized as essential elements in …

Phytochromes are photoreceptor proteins in plants, fungi, and bacteria. They can adopt two
photochromic states with differential biochemical responses. The structural changes …

Illuminated semiconductors stimulate CO2 bioconversion by acetogens and other
autotrophic microorganisms. Visible light by itself is known to alter the lifestyle of non …

A Laue microdiffraction beamline (BL03HB) was constructed at the Shanghai Synchrotron
Radiation Facility (SSRF). This beamline features two consecutive focusing points in two …

Bacteriophytochromes are light-sensing biological machines that switch between two
photoreversible states, Pr and Pfr. Their relative stability is opposite in canonical and bathy …