ReviewThe Plant cell2014
Phytochromes: an atomic perspective on photoactivation and signaling.
Review in The Plant cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.
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- Improved Stability and Brightness Following Iterative Redesign of a De Novo Biliprotein.Biochemistry · 2026Article
- Hypsochromic shift in phytochrome C Pr absorption complements phytochrome B-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Twenty-five years of photobodies: formation, composition, and the 2-compartment logic of phytochrome B signaling.Plant physiology · 2026Review
- Phytochrome B sets condensate number through graded nucleator states and seeding-site efficacy.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Decoding darkness by seeking photoreceptor functions with and without light.Nature plants · 2026Review
- TCP21 negatively regulates photomorphogenesis by integrating phyB- and HY5-mediated signaling pathways in Arabidopsis.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Proton-Coupled Chromophore and Protein Structural Changes Control Phytochrome Activation.Biochemistry · 2026Article
- Genetically Encoded Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins for Viral Imaging and Detection: A Mini-Review.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Photoisomerization of phytochrome's chromophore: a vibrational spectroscopic view on the primary ground state processes.RSC advances · 2025Article
- Chemical Mechanism of Allosteric and Asymmetric Dark Reversion in a Bacterial Phytochrome Uncovered by Cryo-EM.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Propagation of Photoinduced Electric Field Changes Through Phytochrome and their Impact on Conformational Transitions.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2025Article
- Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Circular dichroism spectroscopy reveals multiple phytochrome photoproducts in equilibrium.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025Article
- A comparative study of femtosecond pulsed and continuous wave lasers on physiological responses through activation of phytochromes in seeds.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Serial-femtosecond crystallography reveals how a phytochrome variant couples chromophore and protein structural changes.Science advances · 2025Article
- Structural insight into PIF6-mediated red light signal transduction of plant phytochrome B.Cell discovery · 2025Article
- Nonlinear optical properties of photosensory core modules of monomeric and dimeric bacterial phytochromes.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025Article
- Both phytochrome A and phyB interact with PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORs through an evolutionary conserved phyNature communications · 2025Article
- Dual-Cys bacteriophytochromes: intermediates in cyanobacterial phytochrome evolution?The FEBS journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
The superfamily of phytochrome (Phy) photoreceptors regulates a wide array of light responses in plants and microorganisms through their unique ability to reversibly switch between stable dark-adapted and photoactivated end states. Whereas the downstream signaling cascades and biological consequences have been described, the initial events that underpin photochemistry of the coupled bilin chromophore and the ensuing conformational changes needed to propagate the light signal are only now being understood. Especially informative has been the rapidly expanding collection of 3D models developed by x-ray crystallographic, NMR, and single-particle electron microscopic methods from a remarkably diverse array of bacterial Phys. These structures have revealed how the modular architecture of these dimeric photoreceptors engages the buried chromophore through distinctive knot, hairpin, and helical spine features. When collectively viewed, these 3D structures reveal complex structural alterations whereby photoisomerization of the bilin drives nanometer-scale movements within the Phy dimer through bilin sliding, hairpin reconfiguration, and spine deformation that ultimately impinge upon the paired signal output domains. When integrated with the recently described structure of the photosensory module from Arabidopsis thaliana PhyB, new opportunities emerge for the rational redesign of plant Phys with novel photochemistries and signaling properties potentially beneficial to agriculture and their exploitation as optogenetic reagents.
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