English Journal

Acharya A1, Bogdanov AM2,3, Grigorenko BL4,5, Bravaya KB6, Nemukhin AV4,5, Lukyanov KA2,3, Krylov AI1.
Chemical reviews.Chem Rev.2017 Jan 25;117(2):758-795. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00238. Epub 2016 Oct 18.
Photoinduced reactions play an important role in the photocycle of fluorescent proteins from the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family. Among such processes are photoisomerization, photooxidation/photoreduction, breaking and making of covalent bonds, and excited-state proton transfer (ESPT). Many o
PMID 27754659

Femtosecond to Millisecond Dynamics of Light Induced Allostery in the Avena sativa LOV Domain.

Gil AA1, Laptenok SP2, French JB1, Iuliano JN1, Lukacs A2,3, Hall CR2, Sazanovich IV4, Greetham GM4, Bacher A5, Illarionov B6, Fischer M6, Tonge PJ1, Meech SR2.
The journal of physical chemistry. B.J Phys Chem B.2017 Jan 25. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b00088. [Epub ahead of print]
The rational engineering of photosensor proteins underpins the field of optogenetics, in which light is used for spatiotemporal control of cell signaling. Optogenetic elements function by converting electronic excitation of an embedded chromophore into structural changes on the microseconds to secon
PMID 28068090

Photocycle of Photoactive Yellow Protein in Cell-Mimetic Environments: Molecular Volume Changes and Kinetics.

Yang C1,2, Kim SO1,2, Kim Y1,2, Yun SR1,2, Choi J1,2, Ihee H1,2.
The journal of physical chemistry. B.J Phys Chem B.2017 Jan 23. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b13076. [Epub ahead of print]
Using various spectroscopic techniques such as UV-visible spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, transient grating, and transient absorption techniques, we investigated how cell-mimetic environments made by crowding influence the photocycle of
PMID 28058827

Japanese Journal

Na+ Transport by a Sodium Ion Pump Rhodopsin is Resistant to Environmental Change: A Comparison of the Photocycles of the Na+ and Li+ Transport Processes