title: Phototropin blue light receptors and light-induced movement responses in plants.
abstract: Two blue light receptors in Arabidopsis, termed phot1 and phot2, which contain flavin chromophores and have intrinsic protein kinase activity, participate in several physiological processes. Lin looks at the genetic evidence regarding how these photoreceptors mediate blue light-induced phototropism, chloroplast relocalization, and opening of the stomatal aperture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA. clin@mcdb.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Chentao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D056931:Cryptochromes; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018524:Phototropism / Q000502:physiology*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C538962:CRY1 protein, Arabidopsis; D056931:Cryptochromes; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005420:Flavoproteins; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; C119828:cry protein, Drosophila