title: Light at the End of the Protein: Crystal Structure of a C-Terminal Light-Sensing Domain.
abstract: Aureochromes are blue light sensors that act as transcription factors in algae and have been repurposed for the optogenetic control of signaling in mammalian cells. In a recent issue of Structure, Banerjee et al. (2016) shine light on the structure and function of the C-terminal light-sensing domain of Phaeodactylum tricornutum aureochrome1.
authors: Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria. Electronic address: harald@ist.ac.at.
authors: Harald
authors: H
authors: Janovjak
mesh_terms: D003461:Crystallography / Q000379:methods*; D017377:Diatoms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D056949:Phototropins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000072417:Protein Domains
chemical_list: D056949:Phototropins