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Retinal cryptochrome in a migratory passerine bird: a possible transducer for the avian magnetic compass

Möller, Andrea, Sagasser, Sven, Wiltschko, Wolfgang, Schierwater, Bernd·2004·Naturwissenschaften

DOI 10.1007/s00114-004-0578-9

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The currently discussed model of magnetoreception in birds proposes that the direction of the magnetic field is perceived by radical-pair processes in specialized photoreceptors, with cryptochromes suggested as potential candidate molecules mediating magnetic compass information. Behavioral studies have shown that magnetic compass orientation takes place in the eye and requires light from the blue-green part of the spectrum. Cryptochromes are known to absorb in the same spectral range. Because of this we searched for cryptochrome (CRY) in the retina of European robins, Erithacus rubecula, passerine birds that migrate at night. Here, we report three individually expressed cryptochromes, eCRY1a, eCRY1b, and eCRY2. While eCRY1a and eCRY2 are similar to the cryptochromes found in the retina of the domestic chicken, eCRY1b has a unique carboxy (C)-terminal. In light of the 'radical-pair' model, our findings support a potential role of cryptochromes as transducers for the perception of magnetic compass information in birds.

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Authors: Möller, A., Sagasser, S., Wiltschko, W., & Schierwater, B.
Affiliations: Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
Corresponding author: Wiltschko, Wolfgang
ORCID: Möller, Andrea
Schierwater, Bernd
Venue: Naturwissenschaften
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2004-11-17
Volume: 91
Issue: 12
Pages: 585-588
ISSN: 0028-1042 (ISSN-L)
1432-1904
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0578-9
OpenAlex: W2043842271
Cited by: 173
References: 25
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 5.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Die Naturwissenschaften (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Yale University
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords: avian magnetoreception, magnetic compass, European robin, Erithacus rubecula, radical pair mechanism, nocturnal migration, photoreceptors, blue-green light
MeSH terms: Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Biological Clocks, Chickens, Flavoproteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Retina, Sequence Alignment, Conserved Sequence, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, DNA Primers, Songbirds, Cryptochromes

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