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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Sequential absorption of two photons creates a bistable form of RubyACR responsible for its strong desensitization.

Oleg A Sineshchekov, Elena G Govorunova, Hai Li, Yumei Wang, John L Spudich

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oleg A SineshchekovDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-6358-7764
Elena G GovorunovaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0003-0522-9683
Hai LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-6709
Yumei WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-0551-3468
John L SpudichDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Molecular Engineering of Natural Light-Gated Chloride Channels for Optogenetic InhibitionU01NS118288 · NINDS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SPUDICH, JOHN LEE, ST-PIERRE, FRANCOIS · 2020 to 2023
$5.2M
Structure/Function of Channelrhodopsins and Related Retinylidene ProteinsR35GM140838 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI SPUDICH, JOHN LEE · 2021 to 2025
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140838NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS118288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Channelrhodopsins with red-shifted absorption, rare in nature, are highly desired for optogenetics because light of longer wavelengths more deeply penetrates biological tissue. RubyACRs (Anion ChannelRhodopsins), a group of four closely related anion-conducting channelrhodopsins from thraustochytrid protists, are the most red-shifted channelrhodopsins known with absorption maxima up to 610 nm. Their photocurrents are large, as is typical of blue- and green-absorbing ACRs, but they rapidly decrease during continuous illumination (desensitization) and extremely slowly recover in the dark. Here, we show that long-lasting desensitization of RubyACRs results from photochemistry not observed in any previously studied channelrhodopsins. Absorption of a second photon by a photocycle intermediate with maximal absorption at 640 nm (P

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LightPhotonsAnionsChannelrhodopsinsPhotochemistryAnionsChannelrhodopsinschannelrhodopsinsoptogeneticsphotochemistryretinal proteins

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PMID37186849
PMCPMC10214203
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