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Function, structure and mechanism of bacterial photosensory LOV proteins
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LOV (light, oxygen or voltage) domains are protein photosensors that are conserved in bacteria, archaea, plants and fungi, and detect blue light via a flavin cofactor. LOV domains are present in both chemotrophic and phototrophic bacterial species, in which they are found amino-terminally of signalling and regulatory domains such as sensor histidine kinases, diguanylate cyclases–phosphodiesterases, DNA-binding domains and regulators of RNA polymerase σ-factors. In this Review, we describe the current state of knowledge about the function of bacterial LOV proteins, the structural basis of LOV domain-mediated signal transduction, and the use of LOV domains as genetically encoded photoswitches in synthetic biology.
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- Authors
- Herrou, J., & Crosson, S.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Published
- 2011-08-08
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 713-723
- ISSN
- 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1534
- OpenAlex
- W1985256248
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 1.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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