1JNU

Photoexcited structure of the plant photoreceptor domain, phy3 LOV2


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.259 
  • R-Value Work: 0.236 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 

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Literature

Photoexcited structure of a plant photoreceptor domain reveals a light-driven molecular switch.

Crosson, S.Moffat, K.

(2002) Plant Cell 14: 1067-1075

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.010475
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1JNU

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The phototropins are flavoprotein kinases that control phototropic bending, light-induced chloroplast movement, and stomatal opening in plants. Two flavin mononucleotide binding light, oxygen, or voltage (LOV) domains are the sites for initial photochemistry in these blue light photoreceptors. We have determined the steady state, photoexcited crystal structure of a flavin-bound LOV domain. The structure reveals a unique photochemical switch in the flavin binding pocket in which the absorption of light drives the formation of a reversible covalent bond between a highly conserved Cys residue and the flavin cofactor. This provides a molecular picture of a cysteinyl-flavin covalent adduct, the presumed signaling species that leads to phototropin kinase activation and subsequent signal transduction. We identify closely related LOV domains in two eubacterial proteins that suggests the light-induced conformational change evident in this structure is an ancient biomolecular response to light, arising before the appearance of plants.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PHY3 PROTEIN
A, B, C, D
104Adiantum capillus-venerisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: phy3
UniProt
Find proteins for Q9ZWQ6 (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q9ZWQ6
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UniProt GroupQ9ZWQ6
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.259 
  • R-Value Work: 0.236 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 
  • Space Group: P 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 44.843α = 93.14
b = 54.771β = 93.79
c = 70.963γ = 90.4
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
EPMRphasing
REFMACrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2002-06-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-04-03
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description