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Kyriacou CP, Rosato E. Genetic analysis of cryptochrome in insect magnetosensitivity. Front Physiol 2022; 13:928416. [PMID: 36035470 PMCID: PMC9399412 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.928416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The earth's magnetic field plays an important role in the spectacular migrations and navigational abilities of many higher animals, particularly birds. However, these organisms are not amenable to genetic analysis, unlike the model fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, which can respond to magnetic fields under laboratory conditions. We therefore review the field of insect magnetosensitivity focusing on the role of the Cryptochromes (CRYs) that were first identified in Arabidopsis and Drosophila as key molecular components of circadian photo-entrainment pathways. Physico-chemical studies suggest that photo-activation of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) bound to CRY generates a FADo- Trpo+ radical pair as electrons skip along a chain of specific Trp residues and that the quantum spin chemistry of these radicals is sensitive to magnetic fields. The manipulation of CRY in several insect species has been performed using gene editing, replacement/rescue and knockdown methods. The effects of these various mutations on magnetosensitivity have revealed a number of surprises that are discussed in the light of recent developments from both in vivo and in vitro studies.
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- Charalambos P. Kyriacou
- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Goett-Zink L, Kottke T. Plant Cryptochromes Illuminated: A Spectroscopic Perspective on the Mechanism. Front Chem 2021; 9:780199. [PMID: 34900940 PMCID: PMC8653763 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.780199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plant cryptochromes are central blue light receptors for the control of land plant and algal development including the circadian clock and the cell cycle. Cryptochromes share a photolyase homology region with about 500 amino acids and bind the chromophore flavin adenine dinucleotide. Characteristic for plant cryptochromes is a conserved aspartic acid close to flavin and an exceptionally long C-terminal extension. The mechanism of activation by excitation and reduction of the chromophore flavin adenine dinucleotide has been controversially discussed for many years. Various spectroscopic techniques have contributed to our understanding of plant cryptochromes by providing high time resolution, ambient conditions and even in-cell approaches. As a result, unifying and differing aspects of photoreaction and signal propagation have been revealed in comparison to members from other cryptochrome subfamilies. Here, we review the insight from spectroscopy on the flavin photoreaction in plant cryptochromes and present the current models on the signal propagation from flavin reduction to dissociation of the C-terminal extension.
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- Lukas Goett-Zink
- Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.,Biophysical Chemistry and Diagnostics, Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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Park SW, Park S, Choi HK, Park HJ, Yu W, Kim HS, Jeon M, Chung SC, Ban K, Moon S, Bae YM. Blue laser-induced selective vasorelaxation by the activation of NOSs. Microvasc Res 2021; 136:104165. [PMID: 33845105 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2021.104165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Phototherapy has been tried for treating cardiovascular diseases. In particular, ultraviolet and blue visible lights were suggested to be useful due to their nitric oxide (NO)-production ability in the skin. However, the effects of blue light on the arterial contractility are controversial. Here, we hypothesized that appropriate protocol of blue laser can induce selective vasorelaxation by activating vasodilating signaling molecules in arteries. Using organ chamber arterial mechanics, NO assay, Matrigel assay, and microarray, we showed that a 200-Hz, 300-μs, 445-nm pulsed-laser (total energy of 600 mJ; spot size 4 mm) induced selective vasorelaxation, without vasocontraction in rat mesenteric arteries. The laser stimulation increased NO production in the cord blood-endothelial progenitor cells (CB-EPCs). Both the laser-induced vasorelaxation and NO production were inhibited by a non-selective, pan-NO synthase inhibitor, L-NG-Nitro arginine methyl ester. Microarray study in CB-EPCs suggested up-regulation of cryptochrome (CRY)2 as well as NO synthase (NOS)1 and NOSTRIN (NOS trafficking) by the laser. In conclusion, this study suggests that the 445-nm blue puled-laser can induce vasorelaxation possibly via the CRY photoreceptors and NOSs activation. The blue laser-therapy would be useful for treating systemic hypertension as well as improving local blood flow depending on the area of irradiation.
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- Sang Woong Park
- Medical Services, Eulji University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13135, South Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Medical Services, Eulji University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13135, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, KU Open Innovation Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Eulji University, 13135, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, BK21+ Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of ICT Convergence Engineering, College of Science & Technology, Konkuk University Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, KU Open Innovation Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, BK21+ Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of ICT Convergence Engineering, College of Science & Technology, Konkuk University Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea; Division of Stem Cell Research, T&R Biofab Co. Ltd, Seongnam-si 13494, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Physiology, KU Open Innovation Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, South Korea.
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are evolutionarily conserved photoreceptors that mediate various light-induced responses in bacteria, plants, and animals. Plant cryptochromes govern a variety of critical growth and developmental processes including seed germination, flowering time and entrainment of the circadian clock. CRY's photocycle involves reduction of their flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-bound chromophore, which is completely oxidized in the dark and semi to fully reduced in the light signaling-active state. Despite the progress in characterizing cryptochromes, important aspects of their photochemistry, regulation, and light-induced structural changes remain to be addressed. In this study, we determine the crystal structure of the photosensory domain of Arabidopsis CRY2 in a tetrameric active state. Systematic structure-based analyses of photo-activated and inactive plant CRYs elucidate distinct structural elements and critical residues that dynamically partake in photo-induced oligomerization. Our study offers an updated model of CRYs photoactivation mechanism as well as the mode of its regulation by interacting proteins.
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Sun Z, Huang K, Han Z, Wang P, Fang Y. Genome-wide identification of Arabidopsis long noncoding RNAs in response to the blue light. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6229. [PMID: 32277122 PMCID: PMC7148362 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63187-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown in animals to play roles in a wide range of biological processes. In plant, light modulates the growth and development as a key external signal. However, little is known about the role of plant lncRNA in response to light. In this study, we sequenced the messenger RNAs (mRNAs), lncRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs) in Arabidopsis seedlings under blue light for 2 h and 8 h. Compared to dark, we identified 4197 mRNAs, 375 miRNAs and 481 lncRNAs, or 5207 mRNAs, 286 miRNAs and 545 lncRNAs of differential expressions under blue light treatments for 2 h or 8 h respectively. Subsequently, a total of 407 competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) pairs (lncRNA-mRNA-miRNA) were constructed. We identified a blue light-induced lncRNA which plays roles in blue light-directed plant photomorphogenesis and response to mannitol stress by serving as a ceRNA to sequester miR167 in a type of target mimicry. These results revealed previously unknown roles of the lncRNA in blue light signaling and mannitol stress, and provided useful resources of lncRNAs associated with miRNAs in response to blue light.
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- Zhenfei Sun
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.,National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Beijing igeneCode Biotech CO., Ltd, Beijing, 100096, China
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- Beijing igeneCode Biotech CO., Ltd, Beijing, 100096, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. .,National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Vechtomova YL, Telegina TA, Kritsky MS. Evolution of Proteins of the DNA Photolyase/Cryptochrome Family. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2020; 85:S131-S153. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920140072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Seifert S, Ehrt C, Lückfeldt L, Lubeck M, Schramm F, Brakmann S. Optical Control of Transcription: Genetically Encoded Photoswitchable Variants of T7 RNA Polymerase. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2813-2817. [PMID: 31192518 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Light-sensing protein domains that link an exogenous light signal to the activity of an enzyme have attracted much attention for the engineering of new regulatory mechanisms into proteins and for studying the dynamic behavior of intracellular reactions and reaction cascades. Light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) photoreceptors are blue-light-sensing modules that have been intensely characterized for this purpose and linked to several proteins of interest. For the successful application of these tools, it is crucial to identify appropriate fusion strategies for combining sensor and enzyme domains that sustain activity and light-induced responsivity. Terminal fusion of LOV domains is the natural strategy; however, this is not transferrable to T7 RNA polymerase because both of its termini are involved in catalysis. It is shown herein that it is possible to covalently insert LOV domains into the polymerase protein, while preserving its activity and generating new light-responsive allosteric coupling.
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- Swantje Seifert
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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Time-Resolved Infrared and Visible Spectroscopy on Cryptochrome aCRY: Basis for Red Light Reception. Biophys J 2019; 117:490-499. [PMID: 31326107 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cryptochromes function as flavin-binding photoreceptors in bacteria, fungi, algae, land plants, and insects. The discovery of an animal-like cryptochrome in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has expanded the spectral range of sensitivity of these receptors from ultraviolet A/blue light to almost the complete visible spectrum. The broadened light response has been explained by the presence of the flavin neutral radical as a chromophore in the dark. Concomitant with photoconversion of the flavin, an unusually long-lived tyrosyl radical with a red-shifted ultraviolet-visible spectrum is formed, which is essential for the function of the receptor. In this study, the microenvironment of this key residue, tyrosine 373, was scrutinized using time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on several variants of animal-like cryptochrome and density functional theory for band assignment. The reduced tyrosine takes on distinct hydrogen bond scenarios depending on the presence of the C-terminal extension and of a neighboring cysteine. Upon radical formation, all variants showed a signal at 1400 cm-1, which we assigned to the ν7'a marker band of the CO stretching mode. The exceptionally strong downshift of this band cannot be attributed to a loss of hydrogen bonding only. Time-resolved ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy on W322F, a mutant of the neighboring tryptophan residue, revealed a decrease of the tyrosyl radical lifetime by almost two orders of magnitude, along with a shift of the absorbance maximum from 416 to 398 nm. These findings strongly support the concept of a π-π stacking as an apolar interaction between Y373 and W322 to be responsible for the characteristics of the tyrosyl radical. This concept of radical stabilization has been unknown to cryptochromes so far but might be highly relevant for other homologs with a tetrad of tryptophans and tyrosines as electron donors.
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In nature, a multitude of mechanisms have emerged for regulating biological processes and, specifically, protein activity. Light as a natural regulatory element is of outstanding interest for studying and modulating protein activity because it can be precisely applied with regard to a site of action, instant of time, or intensity. Naturally occurring photoresponsive proteins, predominantly those containing a light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domain, have been characterized structurally and mechanistically and also conjugated to various proteins of interest. Immediate advantages of these new photoresponsive proteins such as genetic encoding, no requirement of chemical modification, and reversibility are paid for by difficulties in predicting the envisaged activity or type and site of domain fusion. In this article, we summarize recent advances and give a survey on currently available design concepts for engineering photoswitchable proteins.
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- Swantje Seifert
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Ganesan M, Lee HY, Kim JI, Song PS. Development of transgenic crops based on photo-biotechnology. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:2469-2486. [PMID: 28010046 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The phenotypes associated with plant photomorphogenesis such as the suppressed shade avoidance response and de-etiolation offer the potential for significant enhancement of crop yields. Of many light signal transducers and transcription factors involved in the photomorphogenic responses of plants, this review focuses on the transgenic overexpression of the photoreceptor genes at the uppermost stream of the signalling events, particularly phytochromes, crytochromes and phototropins as the transgenes for the genetic engineering of crops with improved harvest yields. In promoting the harvest yields of crops, the photoreceptors mediate the light regulation of photosynthetically important genes, and the improved yields often come with the tolerance to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity and heavy metal ions. As a genetic engineering approach, the term photo-biotechnology has been coined to convey the idea that the greater the photosynthetic efficiency that crop plants can be engineered to possess, the stronger the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Development of GM crops based on photoreceptor transgenes (mainly phytochromes, crytochromes and phototropins) is reviewed with the proposal of photo-biotechnology that the photoreceptors mediate the light regulation of photosynthetically important genes, and the improved yields often come with the added benefits of crops' tolerance to environmental stresses.
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- Markkandan Ganesan
- Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute and Faculty of Biotechnology, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Korea
- Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, 700073, India
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- Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute and Faculty of Biotechnology, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Korea
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- Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute and Faculty of Biotechnology, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Korea
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Kottke T, Oldemeyer S, Wenzel S, Zou Y, Mittag M. Cryptochrome photoreceptors in green algae: Unexpected versatility of mechanisms and functions. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 217:4-14. [PMID: 28619534 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Green algae have a highly complex and diverse set of cryptochrome photoreceptor candidates including members of the following subfamilies: plant, plant-like, animal-like, DASH and cryptochrome photolyase family 1 (CPF1). While some green algae encode most or all of them, others lack certain members. Here we present an overview about functional analyses of so far investigated cryptochrome photoreceptors from the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (plant and animal-like cryptochromes) and Ostreococcus tauri (CPF1) with regard to their biological significance and spectroscopic properties. Cryptochromes of both algae have been demonstrated recently to be involved to various extents in circadian clock regulation and in Chlamydomonas additionally in life cycle control. Moreover, CPF1 even performs light-driven DNA repair. The plant cryptochrome and CPF1 are UVA/blue light receptors, whereas the animal-like cryptochrome responds to almost the whole visible spectrum including red light. Accordingly, plant cryptochrome, animal-like cryptochrome and CPF1 differ fundamentally in their structural response to light as revealed by their visible and infrared spectroscopic signatures, and in the role of the flavin neutral radical acting as dark form or signaling state.
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- Tilman Kottke
- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Gorelova V, Ambach L, Rébeillé F, Stove C, Van Der Straeten D. Folates in Plants: Research Advances and Progress in Crop Biofortification. Front Chem 2017; 5:21. [PMID: 28424769 PMCID: PMC5372827 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Folates, also known as B9 vitamins, serve as donors and acceptors in one-carbon (C1) transfer reactions. The latter are involved in synthesis of many important biomolecules, such as amino acids, nucleic acids and vitamin B5. Folates also play a central role in the methyl cycle that provides one-carbon groups for methylation reactions. The important functions fulfilled by folates make them essential in all living organisms. Plants, being able to synthesize folates de novo, serve as an excellent dietary source of folates for animals that lack the respective biosynthetic pathway. Unfortunately, the most important staple crops such as rice, potato and maize are rather poor sources of folates. Insufficient folate consumption is known to cause severe developmental disorders in humans. Two approaches are employed to fight folate deficiency: pharmacological supplementation in the form of folate pills and biofortification of staple crops. As the former approach is considered rather costly for the major part of the world population, biofortification of staple crops is viewed as a decent alternative in the struggle against folate deficiency. Therefore, strategies, challenges and recent progress of folate enhancement in plants will be addressed in this review. Apart from the ever-growing need for the enhancement of nutritional quality of crops, the world population faces climate change catastrophes or environmental stresses, such as elevated temperatures, drought, salinity that severely affect growth and productivity of crops. Due to immense diversity of their biochemical functions, folates take part in virtually every aspect of plant physiology. Any disturbance to the plant folate metabolism leads to severe growth inhibition and, as a consequence, to a lower productivity. Whereas today's knowledge of folate biochemistry can be considered very profound, evidence on the physiological roles of folates in plants only starts to emerge. In the current review we will discuss the implication of folates in various aspects of plant physiology and development.
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- Vera Gorelova
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Bioanalysis, Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Bioscience and Biotechnologies Institute of Grenoble, CEA-GrenobleGrenoble, France
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Bioanalysis, Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium
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Długosz-Grochowska O, Kołton A, Wojciechowska R. Modifying folate and polyphenol concentrations in Lamb's lettuce by the use of LED supplemental lighting during cultivation in greenhouses. J Funct Foods 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2016.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Göbel T, Reisbacher S, Batschauer A, Pokorny R. Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide and N 5 ,N 10 -Methenyltetrahydrofolate are the in planta Cofactors of Arabidopsis thaliana Cryptochrome 3. Photochem Photobiol 2016; 93:355-362. [PMID: 27463507 DOI: 10.1111/php.12622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Members of the cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) of proteins utilize noncovalently bound light-absorbing cofactors for their biological function. Usually, the identity of these cofactors is determined after expression in heterologous systems leaving the question unanswered whether these cofactors are identical to the indigenous ones. Here, cryptochrome 3 from Arabidopsis thaliana was expressed as a fusion with the green fluorescent protein in Arabidopsis plants. Besides the confirmation of the earlier report of its localization in chloroplasts, our data indicate that fractions of the fusion protein are present in the stroma and associated with thylakoids, respectively. Furthermore, it is shown that the fusion protein expressed in planta contains the same cofactors as the His6 -tagged protein expressed in Escherichia coli, that is, flavin adenine dinucleotide and N5 ,N10 -methenyltetrahydrofolate. This demonstrates that the heterologously expressed cryptochrome 3, characterized in a number of previous studies, is a valid surrogate of the corresponding protein expressed in plants. To our knowledge, this is also a first conclusive analysis of cofactors bound to an Arabidopsis protein belonging to the CPF and purified from plant tissue.
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- Tanja Göbel
- Department of Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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Liu B, Yang Z, Gomez A, Liu B, Lin C, Oka Y. Signaling mechanisms of plant cryptochromes in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2016; 129:137-48. [PMID: 26810763 PMCID: PMC6138873 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-015-0782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes (CRY) are flavoproteins that direct a diverse array of developmental processes in response to blue light in plants. Conformational changes in CRY are induced by the absorption of photons and result in the propagation of light signals to downstream components. In Arabidopsis, CRY1 and CRY2 serve both distinct and partially overlapping functions in regulating photomorphogenic responses and photoperiodic flowering. For example, both CRY1 and CRY2 regulate the abundance of transcription factors by directly reversing the activity of E3 ubiquitin ligase on CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 and SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA-105 1 complexes in a blue light-dependent manner. CRY2 also specifically governs a photoperiodic flowering mechanism by directly interacting with a transcription factor called CRYPTOCHROME-INTERACTING BASIC-HELIX-LOOP-HELIX. Recently, structure/function analysis of CRY1 revealed that the CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 independent pathway is also involved in CRY1-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. CRY1 and CRY2 thus not only share a common pathway but also relay light signals through distinct pathways, which may lead to altered developmental programs in plants.
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- Bobin Liu
- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Paulus B, Bajzath C, Melin F, Heidinger L, Kromm V, Herkersdorf C, Benz U, Mann L, Stehle P, Hellwig P, Weber S, Schleicher E. Spectroscopic characterization of radicals and radical pairs in fruit fly cryptochrome - protonated and nonprotonated flavin radical-states. FEBS J 2015; 282:3175-89. [PMID: 25879256 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Drosophila melanogaster cryptochrome is one of the model proteins for animal blue-light photoreceptors. Using time-resolved and steady-state optical spectroscopy, we studied the mechanism of light-induced radical-pair formation and decay, and the photoreduction of the FAD cofactor. Exact kinetics on a microsecond to minutes timescale could be extracted for the wild-type protein using global analysis. The wild-type exhibits a fast photoreduction reaction from the oxidized FAD to the FAD(•-) state with a very positive midpoint potential of ~ +125 mV, although no further reduction could be observed. We could also demonstrate that the terminal tryptophan of the conserved triad, W342, is directly involved in electron transfer; however, photoreduction could not be completely inhibited in a W342F mutant. The investigation of another mutation close to the FAD cofactor, C416N, rather unexpectedly reveals accumulation of a protonated flavin radical on a timescale of several seconds. The obtained data are critically discussed with the ones obtained from another protein, Escherichia coli photolyase, and we conclude that the amino acid opposite N(5) of the isoalloxazine moiety of FAD is able to (de)stabilize the protonated FAD radical but not to significantly modulate the kinetics of any light-inducted reactions.
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- Bernd Paulus
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie Université de Strasbourg, France
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie Université de Strasbourg, France
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Scheerer P, Zhang F, Kalms J, von Stetten D, Krauß N, Oberpichler I, Lamparter T. The class III cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase structure reveals a new antenna chromophore binding site and alternative photoreduction pathways. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:11504-14. [PMID: 25784552 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.637868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Photolyases are proteins with an FAD chromophore that repair UV-induced pyrimidine dimers on the DNA in a light-dependent manner. The cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer class III photolyases are structurally unknown but closely related to plant cryptochromes, which serve as blue-light photoreceptors. Here we present the crystal structure of a class III photolyase termed photolyase-related protein A (PhrA) of Agrobacterium tumefaciens at 1.67-Å resolution. PhrA contains 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF) as an antenna chromophore with a unique binding site and mode. Two Trp residues play pivotal roles for stabilizing MTHF by a double π-stacking sandwich. Plant cryptochrome I forms a pocket at the same site that could accommodate MTHF or a similar molecule. The PhrA structure and mutant studies showed that electrons flow during FAD photoreduction proceeds via two Trp triads. The structural studies on PhrA give a clearer picture on the evolutionary transition from photolyase to photoreceptor.
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- Patrick Scheerer
- From the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics (CC2), AG Protein X-ray Crystallography and Signal Transduction, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany,
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- the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Botanical Institute, Kaiserstr. 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- From the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics (CC2), AG Protein X-ray Crystallography and Signal Transduction, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- the Structural Biology Group, European Synchroton Radiation Facility, CS 40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, and
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- the Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Botanical Institute, Kaiserstr. 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,
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- the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Botanical Institute, Kaiserstr. 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,
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Christie JM, Blackwood L, Petersen J, Sullivan S. Plant flavoprotein photoreceptors. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:401-13. [PMID: 25516569 PMCID: PMC4357641 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants depend on the surrounding light environment to direct their growth. Blue light (300-500 nm) in particular acts to promote a wide variety of photomorphogenic responses including seedling establishment, phototropism and circadian clock regulation. Several different classes of flavin-based photoreceptors have been identified that mediate the effects of blue light in the dicotyledonous genetic model Arabidopsis thaliana. These include the cryptochromes, the phototropins and members of the Zeitlupe family. In this review, we discuss recent advances, which contribute to our understanding of how these photosensory systems are activated by blue light and how they initiate signaling to regulate diverse aspects of plant development.
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- John M Christie
- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Fortunato AE, Annunziata R, Jaubert M, Bouly JP, Falciatore A. Dealing with light: the widespread and multitasking cryptochrome/photolyase family in photosynthetic organisms. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 172:42-54. [PMID: 25087009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Light is essential for the life of photosynthetic organisms as it is a source of energy and information from the environment. Light excess or limitation can be a cause of stress however. Photosynthetic organisms exhibit sophisticated mechanisms to adjust their physiology and growth to the local environmental light conditions. The cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) is composed of flavoproteins with similar structures that display a variety of light-dependent functions. This family encompasses photolyases, blue-light activated enzymes that repair ultraviolet-light induced DNA damage, and cryptochromes, known for their photoreceptor functions in terrestrial plants. For this review, we searched extensively for CPFs in the available genome databases to trace the distribution and evolution of this protein family in photosynthetic organisms. By merging molecular data with current knowledge from the functional characterization of CPFs from terrestrial and aquatic organisms, we discuss their roles in (i) photoperception, (ii) biological rhythm regulation and (iii) light-induced stress responses. We also explore their possible implication in light-related physiological acclimation and their distribution in phototrophs living in different environments. The outcome of this structure-function analysis reconstructs the complex scenarios in which CPFs have evolved, as highlighted by the novel functions and biochemical properties of the most recently described family members in algae.
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- Antonio Emidio Fortunato
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7238, Computational and Quantitative Biology, F-75006 Paris, France.
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Dicker MPM, Rossiter JM, Bond IP, Weaver PM. Biomimetic photo-actuation: sensing, control and actuation in sun-tracking plants. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2014; 9:036015. [PMID: 24959885 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/036015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Although the actuation mechanisms that drive plant movement have been investigated from a biomimetic perspective, few studies have looked at the wider sensing and control systems that regulate this motion. This paper examines photo-actuation-actuation induced by, and controlled with light-through a review of the sun-tracking functions of the Cornish Mallow. The sun-tracking movement of the Cornish Mallow leaf results from an extraordinarily complex-yet extremely elegant-process of signal perception, generation, filtering and control. Inspired by this process, a concept for a simplified biomimetic analogue of this leaf is proposed: a multifunctional structure employing chemical sensing, signal transmission, and control of composite hydrogel actuators. We present this multifunctional structure, and show that the success of the concept will require improved selection of materials and structural design. This device has application in the solar-tracking of photovoltaic panels for increased energy yield. More broadly it is envisaged that the concept of chemical sensing and control can be expanded beyond photo-actuation to many other stimuli, resulting in new classes of robust solid-state devices.
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- M P M Dicker
- Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, University of Bristol, Queen's Building, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
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Juhas M, von Zadow A, Spexard M, Schmidt M, Kottke T, Büchel C. A novel cryptochrome in the diatomPhaeodactylum tricornutuminfluences the regulation of light-harvesting protein levels. FEBS J 2014; 281:2299-311. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matthias Juhas
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences; University of Frankfurt; Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences; University of Frankfurt; Germany
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry; Bielefeld University; Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences; University of Frankfurt; Germany
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry; Bielefeld University; Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences; University of Frankfurt; Germany
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are photolyase-like flavoproteins that have been found in all evolutionary lineages. Plant and animal CRYs are no longer DNA-repairing enzymes but they apparently gained other biochemical functions in evolution. Plant CRYs are UV-A/blue-light photoreceptors and play a pivotal role in plant growth and development, whereas animal CRYs act as either photoreceptors or transcription regulators. The first CRY gene was isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, which regulates stem growth, flowering time, stomatal opening, circadian clock, and other light responses. CRYs are also found in all major crops investigated, with additional functions discovered, such as seed germination, leaf senescence, and stress responses. In this chapter, we will review some aspects of CRY-mediated light responses in plants. Readers are referred to other review articles for photochemistry and signal transduction mechanism of plant CRYs (Liu et al., 2010, 2011; Fankhauser and Ulm, 2011) [1-3].
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- Xu Wang
- The Basic Forestry and Biotechnology Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- The Basic Forestry and Biotechnology Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Fraikin GY, Strakhovskaya MG, Rubin AB. Biological photoreceptors of light-dependent regulatory processes. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 78:1238-53. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913110047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sha L, Ling J, Chongying W, Chunyi Z. Research Advances in the Functions of Plant Folates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1259.2012.00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tucker CL. Manipulating cellular processes using optical control of protein-protein interactions. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2012; 196:95-117. [PMID: 22341323 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-59426-6.00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tools for optical control of proteins offer an unprecedented level of spatiotemporal control over biological processes, adding a new layer of experimental opportunity. While use of light-activated cation channels and anion pumps has already revolutionized neurobiology, an emerging class of more general optogenetic tools may have similar transformative effects. These tools consist of light-dependent protein interaction modules that allow control of target protein interactions and localization with light. Such tools are modular and can be applied to regulate a wide variety of biological activities. This chapter reviews the different properties of light-induced dimerization systems, based on plant phytochromes, cryptochromes, and light-oxygen-voltage domain proteins, exploring advantages and limitations of the different systems and practical considerations related to their use. Potential applications of these tools within the neurobiology field, including light control of various signaling pathways, neuronal activity, and DNA recombination and transcription, are discussed.
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- Chandra L Tucker
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Gu NN, Zhang YC, Yang HQ. Substitution of a conserved glycine in the PHR domain of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1 confers a constitutive light response. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:85-97. [PMID: 21765176 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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CRYPTOCHROMES (CRYs) are photolyase-like ultraviolet-A/blue light photoreceptors that mediate various light responses in plants. The signaling mechanism of Arabidopsis CRYs (CRY1 and CRY2) involves direct CRY-COP1 interaction. Here, we report that CRY1(G380R), which carries a Gly-to-Arg substitution of the highly conserved G380 in the photolyase-related (PHR) domain of Arabidopsis CRY1, shows constitutive CRY1 photoreceptor activity in Arabidopsis. Transgenic plants overexpressing CRY1(G380R) display a constitutively photomorphogenic (COP) phenotype in darkness, as well as a dramatic early flowering phenotype under short-day light conditions (SD). We further demonstrate that CRY1(G380R) expression driven by the native CRY1 promoter also results in a COP phenotype in darkness. Moreover, overexpression of either the Arabidopsis homolog CRY2(G377R) or the rice ortholog OsCRY1b(G388R) of CRY1(G380R) in Arabidopsis results in a COP phenotype in darkness. Cellular localization studies indicate that CRY1(G380R) co-localizes with COP1 in the same nuclear bodies (NBs) in vivo and inhibits the nuclear accumulation of COP1 in darkness. These results suggest that the conserved G380 may play a critical role in regulating the photoreceptor activity of plant CRYs and that CRY1(G380R) might constitutively phenocopy the photo-activated CRY1 in darkness and thus constitutively mediate CRY1 signaling.
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- Nan-Nan Gu
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Chaves I, Pokorny R, Byrdin M, Hoang N, Ritz T, Brettel K, Essen LO, van der Horst GTJ, Batschauer A, Ahmad M. The cryptochromes: blue light photoreceptors in plants and animals. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 62:335-64. [PMID: 21526969 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042110-103759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cryptochromes are flavoprotein photoreceptors first identified in Arabidopsis thaliana, where they play key roles in growth and development. Subsequently identified in prokaryotes, archaea, and many eukaryotes, cryptochromes function in the animal circadian clock and are proposed as magnetoreceptors in migratory birds. Cryptochromes are closely structurally related to photolyases, evolutionarily ancient flavoproteins that catalyze light-dependent DNA repair. Here, we review the structural, photochemical, and molecular properties of cry-DASH, plant, and animal cryptochromes in relation to biological signaling mechanisms and uncover common features that may contribute to better understanding the function of cryptochromes in diverse systems including in man.
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- Inês Chaves
- Department of Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Immeln D, Pokorny R, Herman E, Moldt J, Batschauer A, Kottke T. Photoreaction of plant and DASH cryptochromes probed by infrared spectroscopy: the neutral radical state of flavoproteins. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:17155-61. [PMID: 21128641 DOI: 10.1021/jp1076388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Flavoprotein radicals are important intermediates in many biochemical processes. In the blue light sensor plant cryptochrome, the radical state acts as a signaling state. An isolation and assignment of infrared bands of flavin radicals in the most relevant spectral region of carbonyl stretches is missing because of their overlap with absorption of water and the protein moiety. In this study, the neutral radical state of flavoproteins was investigated by Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy. The light-induced conversion of oxidized to neutral radical state was monitored in a plant cryptochrome and that of radical to fully reduced state in a DASH cryptochrome. A pure difference spectrum of flavin radical minus oxidized state was obtained from a point mutant of a phototropin LOV (light-, oxygen-, or voltage-sensitive) domain. The analysis of the spectra revealed a correlation between the frequencies of carbonyl vibrations of the flavin radical state and those of its visible absorption. Plant cryptochrome shows a very low frequency of the carbonyl stretch in the radical state. It is postulated that the downshift is caused by the charge of an adjacent aspartate, which donated its proton to flavin N(5). Contributions from the protein moiety to the spectra were isolated for DASH and plant cryptochromes. As a conclusion, the photosensitive domain of plant cryptochromes shows changes in secondary structure upon illumination, which might be related to signaling.
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- Dominik Immeln
- Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Yu X, Liu H, Klejnot J, Lin C. The Cryptochrome Blue Light Receptors. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2010; 8:e0135. [PMID: 21841916 PMCID: PMC3155252 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes are photolyase-like blue light receptors originally discovered in Arabidopsis but later found in other plants, microbes, and animals. Arabidopsis has two cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, which mediate primarily blue light inhibition of hypocotyl elongation and photoperiodic control of floral initiation, respectively. In addition, cryptochromes also regulate over a dozen other light responses, including circadian rhythms, tropic growth, stomata opening, guard cell development, root development, bacterial and viral pathogen responses, abiotic stress responses, cell cycles, programmed cell death, apical dominance, fruit and ovule development, seed dormancy, and magnetoreception. Cryptochromes have two domains, the N-terminal PHR (Photolyase-Homologous Region) domain that bind the chromophore FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide), and the CCE (CRY C-terminal Extension) domain that appears intrinsically unstructured but critical to the function and regulation of cryptochromes. Most cryptochromes accumulate in the nucleus, and they undergo blue light-dependent phosphorylation or ubiquitination. It is hypothesized that photons excite electrons of the flavin molecule, resulting in redox reaction or circular electron shuttle and conformational changes of the photoreceptors. The photoexcited cryptochrome are phosphorylated to adopt an open conformation, which interacts with signaling partner proteins to alter gene expression at both transcriptional and posttranslational levels and consequently the metabolic and developmental programs of plants.
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- Xuhong Yu
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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The Role of Cyanopterin in UV/Blue Light Signal Transduction of Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Phototaxis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 51:969-80. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Möglich A, Yang X, Ayers RA, Moffat K. Structure and function of plant photoreceptors. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 61:21-47. [PMID: 20192744 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Signaling photoreceptors use the information contained in the absorption of a photon to modulate biological activity in plants and a wide range of organisms. The fundamental-and as yet imperfectly answered-question is, how is this achieved at the molecular level? We adopt the perspective of biophysicists interested in light-dependent signal transduction in nature and the three-dimensional structures that underpin signaling. Six classes of photoreceptors are known: light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) sensors, xanthopsins, phytochromes, blue-light sensors using flavin adenine dinucleotide (BLUF), cryptochromes, and rhodopsins. All are water-soluble proteins except rhodopsins, which are integral membrane proteins; all are based on a modular architecture except cryptochromes and rhodopsins; and each displays a distinct, light-dependent chemical process based on the photochemistry of their nonprotein chromophore, such as isomerization about a double bond (xanthopsins, phytochromes, and rhodopsins), formation or rupture of a covalent bond (LOV sensors), or electron transfer (BLUF sensors and cryptochromes).
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- Andreas Möglich
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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Langenbacher T, Immeln D, Dick B, Kottke T. Microsecond light-induced proton transfer to flavin in the blue light sensor plant cryptochrome. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:14274-80. [PMID: 19754110 DOI: 10.1021/ja901628y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plant cryptochromes are blue light photoreceptors that regulate key responses in growth and daily rhythm of plants and might be involved in magnetoreception. They show structural homology to the DNA repair enzyme photolyase and bind flavin adenine dinucleotide as chromophore. Blue light absorption initiates the photoreduction from the oxidized dark state of flavin to the flavin neutral radical, which is the signaling state of the sensor. Previous time-resolved studies of the photoreduction process have been limited to observation of the decay of the radical in the millisecond time domain. We monitored faster, light-induced changes in absorption of an algal cryptochrome covering a spectral range of 375-750 nm with a streak camera setup. Electron transfer from tryptophan to flavin is completed before 100 ns under formation of the flavin anion radical. Proton transfer takes place with a time constant of 1.7 micros leading to the flavin neutral radical. Finally, the flavin radical and a tryptophan neutral radical decay with a time constant >200 micros in the millisecond and second time domain. The microsecond proton transfer has not been observed in animal cryptochromes from insects or photolyases. Furthermore, the strict separation in time of electron and proton transfer is novel in the field of flavin-containing photoreceptors. The reaction rate implies that the proton donor is not in hydrogen bonding distance to the flavin N5. Potential candidates for the proton donor and the involvement of the tryptophan triad are discussed.
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- Thomas Langenbacher
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Human and Drosophila cryptochromes are light activated by flavin photoreduction in living cells. PLoS Biol 2008; 6:e160. [PMID: 18597555 PMCID: PMC2443192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Cryptochromes are a class of flavoprotein blue-light signaling receptors found in plants, animals, and humans that control plant development and the entrainment of circadian rhythms. In plant cryptochromes, light activation is proposed to result from photoreduction of a protein-bound flavin chromophore through intramolecular electron transfer. However, although similar in structure to plant cryptochromes, the light-response mechanism of animal cryptochromes remains entirely unknown. To complicate matters further, there is currently a debate on whether mammalian cryptochromes respond to light at all or are instead activated by non–light-dependent mechanisms. To resolve these questions, we have expressed both human and Drosophila cryptochrome proteins to high levels in living Sf21 insect cells using a baculovirus-derived expression system. Intact cells are irradiated with blue light, and the resulting cryptochrome photoconversion is monitored by fluorescence and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic techniques. We demonstrate that light induces a change in the redox state of flavin bound to the receptor in both human and Drosophila cryptochromes. Photoreduction from oxidized flavin and subsequent accumulation of a semiquinone intermediate signaling state occurs by a conserved mechanism that has been previously identified for plant cryptochromes. These results provide the first evidence of how animal-type cryptochromes are activated by light in living cells. Furthermore, human cryptochrome is also shown to undergo this light response. Therefore, human cryptochromes in exposed peripheral and/or visual tissues may have novel light-sensing roles that remain to be elucidated. Vision in animals is generally associated with light-sensitive rhodopsin pigments located in the eyes. However, animals ranging from flies to humans also possess ancient visual receptors known as cryptochromes in multiple cell types. In this work, we study the mechanism of light sensing in two representative animal cryptochromes: a light-sensitive Drosophila cryptochrome (Dmcry) and a presumed light-insensitive mammalian cryptochrome from humans (Hscry1). We expressed recombinant cryptochromes to high levels in living cells, irradiated the cells with blue light, and analyzed the proteins' response to irradiation with electron paramagnetic resonance and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. Photoreduction of protein-bound oxidized FAD cofactor to its radical form emerged as the primary cryptochrome photoreaction in living cells, and was correlated with a light-sensitive biological response in whole organisms. These results indicate that both Dmcry and Hscry1 are capable of undergoing similar light-driven reactions and suggest the possibility of an as-yet unknown photo-perception role for human cryptochromes in tissues exposed to light. Cryptochromes are blue-light-absorbing receptors found in plants, animals, and humans. In mammals, they are not thought to respond to light, but this study demonstrates contrary evidence that indeed, human cryptochromes undergo a photochemical transformation in response to light.
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