Pr and Pfr structures of plant phytochrome A

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 5319 - 12
• Main Authors: Nagano, Soshichiro, von Stetten, David, Guan, Kaoling, Chen, Peng-Yuan, Song, Chen, Barends, Thomas, Weiss, Manfred S., Feiler, Christian G., Dörner, Katerina, de Diego Martinez, Iñaki, Schubert, Robin, Bielecki, Johan, Brings, Lea, Han, Huijong, Kharitonov, Konstantin, Kim, Chan, Kloos, Marco, Koliyadu, Jayanath C. P., Koua, Faisal H. M., Round, Ekaterina, Sarma, Abhisakh, Sato, Tokushi, Schmidt, Christina, Valerio, Joana, Wrona, Agnieszka, Schulz, Joachim, de Wijn, Raphael, Letrun, Romain, Bean, Richard, Mancuso, Adrian, Heyne, Karsten, Hughes, Jon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.06.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449/2686; 631/535/1266/1265; 82/80; 82/83; Ambient temperature; Batch processing; Chromophores; Crystallography; Crystallography, X-Ray; Electrons; Germination; Glycine max - chemistry; Glycine max - metabolism; Helices; Humanities and Social Sciences; Kinases; Light; Microorganisms; Models, Molecular; multidisciplinary; Photoactivation; Photoreception; Photoreceptors; Phytochrome A; Phytochrome A - chemistry; Phytochrome A - genetics; Phytochrome A - metabolism; Phytochromes; Plant Proteins - chemistry; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Protein Conformation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soybeans

Phytochromes are biliprotein photoreceptors widespread amongst microorganisms and ubiquitous in plants where they control developmental processes as diverse as germination, stem elongation and floral induction through the photoconversion of inactive Pr to the Pfr signalling state. Here we report cry...