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CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments.

Gerrit H U Lamm, Egor Marin, Alexey Alekseev, Anna V Schellbach, Artem Stetsenko, Jose Manuel Haro-Moreno, Gleb Bourenkov, Valentin Borshchevskiy, Marvin Asido, Michael Agthe and 12 more

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  2. Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Based on Jet Vitrification.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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22 authors.

Gerrit H U LammInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-6743-2344
Egor MarinGroningen Institute for Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Groningen, 9747AG, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2369-1732
Alexey AlekseevInstitute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8990-1662
Anna V SchellbachInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Artem StetsenkoGroningen Institute for Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Groningen, 9747AG, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3032-3794
Jose Manuel Haro-MorenoEvolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento Producción Vegetal y Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2113-9269
Gleb BourenkovEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Hamburg c/o DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2617-5920
Valentin BorshchevskiyForschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4398-9712
Marvin AsidoInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3181-0236
Michael AgtheEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Hamburg c/o DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
Sylvain EngilbergeUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 10090, 38044 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8680-6790
Samuel L RoseEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4824-4066
Nicolas CaramelloEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0025-0213
Antoine RoyantEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-8649
Thomas R SchneiderEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Hamburg c/o DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6955-7374
Alex BatemanEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6982-4660
Thomas MagerInstitute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9571-7033
Tobias MoserInstitute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7145-0533
Francisco Rodriguez-ValeraEvolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento Producción Vegetal y Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9809-2059
Josef WachtveitlInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8496-8240
Albert GuskovGroningen Institute for Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Groningen, 9747AG, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2340-2216
Kirill KovalevEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Hamburg c/o DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2229-181X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial rhodopsins are omnipresent on Earth; however, the vast majority of them remain uncharacterized. Here, we describe a rhodopsin group found in microorganisms from cold environments, such as glaciers, denoted as CryoRhodopsins (CryoRs). A distinguishing feature of the group is the presence of a buried arginine residue close to the cytoplasmic face. Combining single-particle cryo-electron microscopy and x-ray crystallography with rhodopsin activation by light, we demonstrate that the arginine stabilizes an ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing intermediate of an extremely slow CryoRhodopsin photocycle. Together with extensive spectroscopic characterization, our investigations on CryoR1 and CryoR2 proteins reveal mechanisms of photoswitching in the identified group. Our data suggest that CryoRs are sensors for UV irradiation and are also capable of inward proton translocation modulated by UV light.

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Cold TemperatureRhodopsins, MicrobialArginineCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularUltraviolet RaysArginineRhodopsins, Microbial

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