Sensory photoreceptors underpin light-dependent adaptations of organismal physiology,
development, and behavior in nature. Adapted for optogenetics, sensory photoreceptors …

The Light-Oxygen-Voltage domain family of proteins is widespread in biology where they
impart sensory responses to signal transduction domains. The small, light responsive LOV …

LOV (light, oxygen or voltage) domains are protein photosensors that are conserved in
bacteria, archaea, plants and fungi, and detect blue light via a flavin cofactor. LOV domains …

Photoreceptor flavoproteins of the LOV, BLUF, and cryptochrome families are ubiquitous
among the three domains of life and are configured as UVA/blue-light systems not only in …

Optogenetics is an emerging field that combines optical and genetic approaches to non-
invasively interfere with cellular events with exquisite spatiotemporal control. Although it …

The knowledge on the mechanisms by which blue light (BL) is sensed by diverse and
numerous organisms, and of the physiological responses elicited by the BL photoreceptors …

Singlet oxygen, O2 (a1Δg), plays a key role in many processes of cell signaling. Limitations
in mechanistic studies of such processes are generally associated with the difficulty of …

Over the past decades, there has been growing recognition that light can provide a powerful
stimulus for biological interrogation. Light‐actuated tools allow manipulation of molecular …

Abstract The ZTL/FKF1/LKP2 group proteins are LOV-domain-based blue-light
photoreceptors that control protein degradation by ubiquitination. These proteins were …

With their utilization of light-driven allostery to control biochemical activities, photosensory
proteins are of great interest as model systems and novel reagents for use by the basic …