Multiple routes of light signaling during root photomorphogenesis

HJ Lee, YJ Park, JH Ha, IT Baldwin, CM Park - Trends in plant science, 2017 - cell.com
Plants dynamically adjust their architecture to optimize growth and performance under
fluctuating light environments, a process termed photomorphogenesis. A variety of …

Optogenetic strategies for the control of gene expression in yeasts

ALA Pérez, LC Piva, JPC Fulber, LMP de Moraes… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Optogenetics involves the use of light to control cellular functions and has become
increasingly popular in various areas of research, especially in the precise control of gene …

A phyB-PIF1-SPA1 kinase regulatory complex promotes photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

I Paik, F Chen, V Ngoc Pham, L Zhu, JI Kim… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1) is a highly conserved E3
ubiquitin ligase from plants to animals and acts as a central repressor of …

Evidence that phytochrome functions as a protein kinase in plant light signalling

AY Shin, YJ Han, A Baek, T Ahn, SY Kim… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
It has been suggested that plant phytochromes are autophosphorylating serine/threonine
kinases. However, the biochemical properties and functional roles of putative phytochrome …

Differing biophysical properties underpin the unique signaling potentials within the plant phytochrome photoreceptor families

ES Burgie, ZTK Gannam… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Many aspects of photoperception by plants and microorganisms are initiated by the
phytochrome (Phy) family of photoreceptors that detect light through interconversion …

Cyanobacteriochrome-based photoswitchable adenylyl cyclases (cPACs) for broad spectrum light regulation of cAMP levels in cells

M Blain-Hartung, NC Rockwell, MV Moreno… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Class III adenylyl cyclases generate the ubiquitous second messenger cAMP from ATP often
in response to environmental or cellular cues. During evolution, soluble adenylyl cyclase …

Improvement of phycocyanobilin synthesis for genetically encoded phytochrome-based optogenetics

Y Uda, H Miura, Y Goto, K Yamamoto, Y Mii… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Optogenetics is a powerful technique using photoresponsive proteins, and the light-
inducible dimerization (LID) system, an optogenetic tool, allows to manipulate intracellular …

Near-infrared imaging in fission yeast using a genetically encoded phycocyanobilin biosynthesis system

K Sakai, Y Kondo, H Fujioka, M Kamiya… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Near-infrared fluorescent protein (iRFP) is a bright and stable fluorescent protein with near-
infrared excitation and emission maxima. Unlike the other conventional fluorescent proteins …

Biosynthesis of Orthogonal Molecules Using Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase Systems Enables Genetically Encoded PhyB Optogenetics

P Kyriakakis, M Catanho, N Hoffner… - ACS Synthetic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transplanting metabolic reactions from one species into another has many uses as a
research tool with applications ranging from optogenetics to crop production. Ferredoxin …

Bioproduction of porphyrins, phycobilins, and their proteins using microbial cell factories: engineering, metabolic regulations, challenges, and perspectives

YJ Ko, ME Lee, BH Cho, M Kim, JE Hyeon… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Porphyrins, phycobilins, and their proteins have abundant π-electrons and strongly absorb
visible light, some of which bind a metal ion in the center. Because of the structural and …