Structure and function of a short LOV protein from the marine phototrophic bacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae.
Endres, S., Granzin, J., Circolone, F., Stadler, A., Krauss, U., Drepper, T., Svensson, V., Knieps-Grunhagen, E., Wirtz, A., Cousin, A., Tielen, P., Willbold, D., Jaeger, K.E., Batra-Safferling, R.(2015) BMC Microbiol 15: 30-30
- PubMed: 25887755 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0365-0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4KUK, 4KUO - PubMed Abstract: 
Light, oxygen, voltage (LOV) domains are widely distributed in plants, algae, fungi, bacteria, and represent the photo-responsive domains of various blue-light photoreceptor proteins. Their photocycle involves the blue-light triggered adduct formation between the C(4a) atom of a non-covalently bound flavin chromophore and the sulfur atom of a conserved cysteine in the LOV sensor domain. LOV proteins show considerable variation in the structure of N- and C-terminal elements which flank the LOV core domain, as well as in the lifetime of the adduct state.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany. s.endres@fz-juelich.de.