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Phytochromes: an atomic perspective on photoactivation and signaling
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Burgie ES
; Vierstra RD
Plant Cell
2014[Dec]; 26
(12
): 4568-83
PMID25480369
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The superfamily of phytochrome (Phy) photoreceptors regulates a wide array of
light responses in plants and microorganisms through their unique ability to
reversibly switch between stable dark-adapted and photoactivated end states.
Whereas the downstream signaling cascades and biological consequences have been
described, the initial events that underpin photochemistry of the coupled bilin
chromophore and the ensuing conformational changes needed to propagate the light
signal are only now being understood. Especially informative has been the rapidly
expanding collection of 3D models developed by x-ray crystallographic, NMR, and
single-particle electron microscopic methods from a remarkably diverse array of
bacterial Phys. These structures have revealed how the modular architecture of
these dimeric photoreceptors engages the buried chromophore through distinctive
knot, hairpin, and helical spine features. When collectively viewed, these 3D
structures reveal complex structural alterations whereby photoisomerization of
the bilin drives nanometer-scale movements within the Phy dimer through bilin
sliding, hairpin reconfiguration, and spine deformation that ultimately impinge
upon the paired signal output domains. When integrated with the recently
described structure of the photosensory module from Arabidopsis thaliana PhyB,
new opportunities emerge for the rational redesign of plant Phys with novel
photochemistries and signaling properties potentially beneficial to agriculture
and their exploitation as optogenetic reagents.