Structural snapshot of a bacterial phytochrome in its functional intermediate state

Phytochromes are photoreceptors that are present in plants, bacteria and fungi. Here the authors present crystal structures of the phytochrome Agp2 from Agrobacterium fabrum in the parent Pfr state as well as a functional Meta-F intermediate and discuss mechanistic implications for photoconversion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea Schmidt, Luisa Sauthof, Michal Szczepek, Maria Fernandez Lopez, Francisco Velazquez Escobar, Bilal M. Qureshi, Norbert Michael, David Buhrke, Tammo Stevens, Dennis Kwiatkowski, David von Stetten, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Norbert Krauß, Tilman Lamparter, Peter Hildebrandt, Patrick Scheerer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07392-7