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A conserved isoleucine in the LOV1 domain of a novel phototropin from the marine alga Ostreococcus tauri modulates the dark state recovery of the domain.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jul 2011
Veetil Sindhu Kandoth, Mittal Chitvan, Ranjan Peeyush, Kateriya Suneel
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BACKGROUND: Phototropins are UV-A/blue light receptor proteins with two LOV (Light-Oxygen-Voltage) sensor domains at their N terminus and a kinase domain at the C-terminus in photoautotrophic organisms. This is the first research report of a canonical phototropin from marine algae Ostreococcus tauri. METHODS: We synthesized core LOV1 (OtLOV1) domain-encoding portion of the phototropin gene of O. tauri, the domain...
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