Bacterial bilin- and flavin-binding photoreceptors

• Published in: Photochemical & photobiological sciences Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 1168 - 1178
• Main Authors: Losi, A., Gärtner, W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2008
• Subjects: Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - metabolism; Bacteria - radiation effects; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Bacterial Proteins - radiation effects; Bile Pigments - metabolism; Bile Pigments - radiation effects; Binding Sites; Biochemistry; Biomaterials; Chemistry; Flavins - metabolism; Flavins - radiation effects; Light; Perspective; Photochemistry; Photoreceptors, Microbial - genetics; Photoreceptors, Microbial - metabolism; Photoreceptors, Microbial - radiation effects; Physical Chemistry; Plant Sciences
• ISSN: 1474-905X; 1474-9092
• DOI: 10.1039/b802472c

The growing number of sequenced prokaryotic genomes reveals a wide distribution of open reading frames (ORFs) that putatively encode for red- and blue light sensing photoreceptors. They comprise the bilin-binding phytochromes and the flavin-binding cryptochromes, LOV and BLUFproteins, indicating tha...