Light has become established as a tool not only to visualize and investigate but also to steer
biological systems. This review starts by discussing the unique features that make light such …

This review deals with the biophysical aspects of flavin‐based photosensors, comprising
cryptochromes, LOV (Light, Oxygen and Voltage) and BLUF (Blue Light sensing Using FAD) …

The l-arabinose-responsive AraC and its cognate PBAD promoter underlie one of the most
often used chemically inducible prokaryotic gene expression systems in microbiology and …

BLUF (blue light sensing using FAD) domains constitute a recently discovered class of
photoreceptor proteins found in bacteria and eukaryotic algae, where they control a range of …

Blue-light photoreceptors play a pivotal role in detecting the quality and quantity of light in
the environment, controlling a wide range of biological responses. Several families of blue …

Proteins containing a sensor of blue light using FAD (BLUF) domain control diverse cellular
processes, such as gene expression, nucleotide metabolism and motility, by relaying blue …

BLUF (sensor of blue light using FAD) domain-containing proteins are one of three types of
flavin-binding, blue-light-sensing proteins found in many bacteria and some algae. The …

Crystal structures of the Synechocystis BLUF phototaxis photoreceptor Slr1694 have been
determined in two crystal forms, a monoclinic form at 1.8 Å resolution and an orthorhombic …

The recently discovered photoreceptor proteins containing BLUF (sensor of blue light using
FAD) domains mediate physiological responses to blue light in bacteria and euglena. In …

Blue light using flavin (BLUF) photoreceptors respond to light via one of nature's smallest
photo-switching domains. Upon photo-activation, the flavin cofactor in the BLUF domain …