Aureochromes
Aureochromes are blue light
Description
It was first discovered in Vaucheria frigida in 2007, by Takahashi et.al.
Xanthophyceae alga, Vaucheria in 2007 and named it Aureochrome (Latin meaning: aureus = gold). This new class of blue light photoreceptors is unique in a way because of the presence of a bZIP (DNA binding domain) along with LOV (light perception) domain which makes it function as transcription factor
as well as photoreceptor as shown by Takahashi et al. in 2007.
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References
Further reading
- Takahashi, F.; Yamagata, D.; Ishikawa, M.; Fukamatsu, Y.; Ogura, Y.; Kasahara, M.; Kiyosue, T.; Kikuyama, M.; Wada, M.; Kataoka, H. (2007). "AUREOCHROME, a photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (49): 19625–19630. PMID 18003911.
- Huysman, Marie J.J.; Fortunato, Antonio E.; Matthijs, Michiel; Costa, Benjamin Schellenberger; Vanderhaeghen, Rudy; Van Den Daele, Hilde; Sachse, Matthias; Inzé, Dirk; Bowler, Chris; Kroth, Peter G.; Wilhelm, Christian; Falciatore, Angela; Vyverman, Wim; De Veylder, Lieven (2013). "AUREOCHROME1a-Mediated Induction of the Diatom-Specific Cyclin dsCYC2 Controls the Onset of Cell Division in Diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum)". The Plant Cell. 25 (1): 215–228. PMID 23292736.
- Banerjee, Ankan; Herman, Elena; Kottke, Tilman; Essen, Lars-Oliver (2016). "Structure of a Native-like Aureochrome 1a LOV Domain Dimer from Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Structure. 24 (1): 171–178. PMID 26688213.