Highlights•Combination of four color-tuning mechanisms results in diverse spectral
properties.•Structural information uncovers general and specific photoconversion …

Canonical plant phytochromes are master regulators of photomorphogenesis and the shade
avoidance response. They are also part of a widespread superfamily of photoreceptors with …

Chromatic acclimation (CA) encompasses a diverse set of molecular processes that involve
the ability of cyanobacterial cells to sense ambient light colors and use this information to …

Sensory photoreceptors not only control diverse adaptive responses in Nature, but as light-
regulated actuators they also provide the foundation for optogenetics, the non-invasive and …

Highlights•All three groups of phytochrome-like photoreceptors are structurally
characterized.•By color-fine tuning phytochromes cover the whole spectrum from UV to …

Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are linear tetrapyrrole-binding photoreceptors in
cyanobacteria that absorb visible and near-ultraviolet light. CBCRs are divided into two …

Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial photoreceptors that have diverse
spectral properties and domain compositions. Although large numbers of CBCR genes exist …

The opacity of mammalian tissue to visible light and the strong attenuation of infrared light by
water at≥ 900 nm have contributed to growing interest in the development of far-red and …

Because cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptors need only a single compact domain for
chromophore incorporation and for absorption of visible spectra including the long …

The phytochrome superfamily comprises three groups of photoreceptors sharing a
conserved GAF (cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases, cyanobacterial adenylate cyclases …