Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

This first complete resource on photosensory receptors from bacteria, plants and animals compiles the data on all known classes of photoreceptors, creating a must-have reference for students and researchers for many years to come. Among the editors are the current and a former president of the American Society for Photobiology.

Table of Contents

Preface.
List of Authors.
1. Microbial Rhodopsins: Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity (J. Spudich & K. Jung).

2. Sensory Rhodopsin Signaling in Green Flagellate Algae (O. Sineshchekov & J. Spudich).

3. Visual Pigments as Photoreceptor (M. Kumauchi & T. Ebrey).

4. Structural and Functional Aspects of the Mammalian Rod-Cell Photoreceptor Rhodopsin (N. Abdulaev & K. Ridge).

5. A Novel Light-Sensing Pathway in the eye: Conserved Features of Inner Retinal Photoreception in Rodents, Man, and Teleost Fish (M. Hankins & R. Foster).

6. The Phytochromes (S. Tu & J. Lagarias).

7. Phytochrome Signaling (E. Huq & P. Quail).

8. Phytochromes in Microorganisms (R. Vierstra & B. Karniol).

9. Light-activated Intracellular Movement of Phytochrome (E. Schäfer & F. Nagy).

10. Plant Cryptochromes: Their Genes, Biochemistry, and Physiological Roles (A. Batschauer).

11. Plant Cryptochromes and Signaling (A. Cashmore).

12. Animal Cryptochromes (R. van Gelder & A. Sancar).

13. Blue-Light Sensing and Signaling by the Phototropins (J. Christie & W. Briggs).

14. LOV-domain Photochemistry (T. Swartz & R. Bogomolni).

15. LOV-domain Structure, Dynamics, and Diversity (S. Crosson).

16. The ZEITLUPE Family of Putative Photoreceptors (T. Schultz).

17. Photoreceptor Gene Families in Lower Plants (N. Suetsugu & M. Wada).

18. Neurospora Photoreceptors (J. Dunlap & J. Loros).

19. Photoactive Yellow Protein, THE Xanthopsin (M. van der Horst, et al.).

20. Hypericin-Like Photoreceptors (P. Song).

21. The Antirepressor AppA Uses the Novel Flavin-Binding BLUF domain as a Blue-Light-Absorbing Photoreceptor to Control Photosystem Synthesis (S. Masuda & C. Bauer).

Discovery, Characterization, and Prospect of Photoactivated Adenylyl Cyclase (PAC), a Novel Blue-Light Receptor Flavoprotein from Euglena gracilis (M. Watanabe & M. Iseki).