Issue 4, 2011
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Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Is the photoactive yellow protein a UV-B/blue light photoreceptor?†

Elizabeth C. Carroll,a   Marijke Hospes,b   Carmen Valladares,a   Klaas J. Hellingwerfb  and  Delmar S. Larsen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
E-mail: dlarsen@ucdavis.edu
Tel: +1-530-754-9075

b Laboratory for Microbiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), BioCentrum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: K.J.Hellingwerf@uva.nl

Abstract

UV light below 300 nm is shown to generate the first photocycle intermediate in the blue light photoreceptor Photoactive Yellow Protein. Fluorescence and ultrafast transient absorption measurements indicate two excitation pathways: UV-B absorption by the chromophore and Fluorescence Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) from tryptophan and tyrosine residues.

Graphical abstract: Is the photoactive yellow protein a UV-B/blue light photoreceptor?

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0PP00274G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Aug 2010
Accepted
07 Jan 2011
First published
25 Jan 2011

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011,10, 464-468

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Is the photoactive yellow protein a UV-B/blue light photoreceptor?

E. C. Carroll, M. Hospes, C. Valladares, K. J. Hellingwerf and D. S. Larsen, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 464 DOI: 10.1039/C0PP00274G

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