Structural mechanism of signal transduction in a phytochrome histidine kinase

Weixiao Yuan Wahlgren; Elin Claesson; Iida Tuure; Sergio Trillo-Muyo; Szabolcs Bódizs; Janne A. Ihalainen; Heikki Takala; Sebastian Westenhoff

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34893-3

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Structural mechanism of signal transduction in a phytochrome histidine kinase

Weixiao Yuan Wahlgren,
Elin Claesson,
Iida Tuure,
Sergio Trillo-Muyo,
Szabolcs Bódizs,
Janne A. Ihalainen,
Heikki Takala,
Sebastian Westenhoff

Affiliations

Weixiao Yuan Wahlgren: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
Elin Claesson: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
Iida Tuure: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla
Sergio Trillo-Muyo: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg
Szabolcs Bódizs: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
Janne A. Ihalainen: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla
Heikki Takala: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla
Sebastian Westenhoff: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34893-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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In this study, authors have solved cryo-EM structures of a bacteriophytochrome in its dark-adapted and illuminated states. The structures reveal the structural mechanism for photoactivation of the phytochrome.

Published in Nature Communications

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