Dynamics and mechanism of dimer dissociation of photoreceptor UVR8

Xiankun Li; Zheyun Liu; Haisheng Ren; Mainak Kundu; Frank W. Zhong; Lijuan Wang; Jiali Gao; Dongping Zhong

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27756-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Dynamics and mechanism of dimer dissociation of photoreceptor UVR8

Xiankun Li,
Zheyun Liu,
Haisheng Ren,
Mainak Kundu,
Frank W. Zhong,
Lijuan Wang,
Jiali Gao,
Dongping Zhong

Affiliations

Xiankun Li: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Programs of Biophysics, Chemical Physics and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Zheyun Liu: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Programs of Biophysics, Chemical Physics and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Haisheng Ren: Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota
Mainak Kundu: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Programs of Biophysics, Chemical Physics and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Frank W. Zhong: Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Chicago
Lijuan Wang: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Programs of Biophysics, Chemical Physics and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Jiali Gao: Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota
Dongping Zhong: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Programs of Biophysics, Chemical Physics and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27756-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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UVR8 is a plant photoreceptor that dissociates into monomers after sensing UV. Here, via ultrafast spectroscopy and computational calculations, the authors describe the dynamics of charge separation and charge neutralization in UVR8 and describe how these unzip interactions at the dimer interface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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