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ArticleScientific reports2019

Reconstruction of Dynamic and Reversible Color Change using Reflectin Protein.

Tiantian Cai, Kui Han, Peilin Yang, Zhou Zhu, Mengcheng Jiang, Yanyi Huang, Can Xie

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tiantian CaiState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Kui HanBiodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Engineering, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Peilin YangState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Zhou ZhuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Mengcheng JiangBiodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Engineering, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yanyi HuangBiodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Engineering, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. yanyi@pku.edu.cn.
Can XieState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. canxie@pku.edu.cn.
Center for Life Sciences · CNPeking University · CNState Key Laboratory of Membrane BiologyChinese Academy of Engineering · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cephalopods have remarkable ability to change their body color across a wide range of wavelengths, yet the structural basis remains largely unknown. Reflectin, a protein family assumed to be responsible for structural color in cephalopods, has unique features of higher-order assembly that are tightly regulated by aromatic molecules. Here, we reconstructed the dynamic and reversible color change using purified reflectin protein and demonstrated how the conformational change and the status of assembly led to the change in optical properties. In addition, optical spectral and structural analyses indicated that the "cephalopod-blue" primarily resulted from wavelength-dependent light scattering rather than reflection. Our results suggest a possible role of reflectin in color dynamics. The in vitro reconstruction system we present here may serve as an initial step for designing bio-inspired optical materials based on reflectin protein.

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PigmentationAnimalsCephalopodaColorComputer SimulationProteinsProteins

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