Engineered blue-shifted melanopsins for subcellular optogenetics
D. Wijayaratna, F. Sacchetta, L. Pedraza Gonzalez, F. Fanelli, T. Sugihara, M. Koyanagi, S. Piyawardana, K. Ghotra, W. Thotamune, A. Terakita, M. Olivucci, A. Karunarathne
This paper engineers blue-shifted melanopsin mutants using computational methods to enable subcellular optogenetic control without red light activation.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2023 · PreprintBiochemistry