Function, structure and mechanism of bacterial photosensory LOV proteins |
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Authors: | Herrou Julien Crosson Sean |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. |
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Abstract: | 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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