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SUBMITTER: Govorunova EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914479 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Govorunova Elena G EG Sineshchekov Oleg A OA Spudich John L JL
Photochemistry and photobiology 20160201 2
Natural channelrhodopsins with strictly anion selectivity and high unitary conductance have been recently discovered in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta. These proteins, called anion channelrhodopsins (ACRs), are of interest for their novel function and also because they were shown to be highly efficient tools to inhibit neuronal action potentials with light. We show that a homologous protein from the cryptophyte alga Proteomonas sulcata (named here PsuACR1) exhibits similar strict anion se ...[more]