Crystal structure of the red light-activated channelrhodopsin Chrimson

Channelrhodopsins are light-activated ion channels that mediate cation permeation across cell membranes upon light absorption. Here, the authors report the crystal structure of the most red-shifted channelrhodopsin from the algae Chlamydomonas noctigama at 2.6 Å resolution.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kazumasa Oda, Johannes Vierock, Satomi Oishi, Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, Reiya Taniguchi, Keitaro Yamashita, J. Simon Wiegert, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Peter Hegemann, Osamu Nureki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06421-9