A marine cryptochrome with an inverse photo-oligomerization mechanism
H. H. Vu, H. Behrmann, M. Hanic, G. Jeyasankar, S. Krishnan, D. Dannecker, C. Hammer, M. Gunkel, I. A. Solovyov, E. Wolf, E. Behrmann
This study identifies a marine cryptochrome, PdLCry, that undergoes inverse photo-oligomerization compared to plant CRYs, enabling light intensity discrimination for lunar cycle synchronization.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2023Biochemistry