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SUBMITTER: Gourinchas G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625962 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gourinchas Geoffrey G Etzl Stefan S Winkler Andreas A
Current opinion in structural biology 20190314
Bacteriophytochromes are a subfamily of the diverse light responsive phytochrome photoreceptors. Considering their preferential interaction with biliverdin IXα as endogenous cofactor, they have recently been used for creating optogenetic tools and engineering fluorescent probes. Ideal absorption characteristics for the activation of bacteriophytochrome-based systems in the therapeutic near-infrared window as well the availability of biliverdin in mammalian tissues have resulted in tremendous pro ...[more]