Viral channelrhodopsins: calcium-dependent Na+/K+ selective light-gated channels
D. Zabelskii, A. Alekseev, K. Kovalev, A.-S. Oliveira, T. Balandin, D. Soloviov, D. Bratanov, D. Volkov, S. Vaganova, R. Astashkin, I. Chizhov, N. Yutin, M. Rulev, A. Popov, T. Rokitskaya, , V. Gordeliy
The paper characterizes two viral channelrhodopsins, showing they are Ca2+-dependent Na+/K+ channels with unique optogenetic properties and structural differences from known channelrhodopsins.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2020 · PreprintBiophysics