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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ramírez Martínez, Carolina
• Gómez-Pérez, Leonardo S
• Ordaz, Alberto
• Torres-Huerta, Ana Laura
• Antonio-Perez, Aurora

Titel

Current Trends of Bacterial and Fungal Optoproteins for Novel Optical Applications

Ist Teil von

• International journal of molecular sciences, 2023-10, Vol.24 (19), p.14741

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Photoproteins, luminescent proteins or optoproteins are a kind of light-response protein responsible for the conversion of light into biochemical energy that is used by some bacteria or fungi to regulate specific biological processes. Within these specific proteins, there are groups such as the photoreceptors that respond to a given light wavelength and generate reactions susceptible to being used for the development of high-novel applications, such as the optocontrol of metabolic pathways. Photoswitchable proteins play important roles during the development of new materials due to their capacity to change their conformational structure by providing/eliminating a specific light stimulus. Additionally, there are bioluminescent proteins that produce light during a heatless chemical reaction and are useful to be employed as biomarkers in several fields such as imaging, cell biology, disease tracking and pollutant detection. The classification of these optoproteins from bacteria and fungi as photoreceptors or photoresponse elements according to the excitation-emission spectrum (UV-Vis-IR), as well as their potential use in novel applications, is addressed in this article by providing a structured scheme for this broad area of knowledge.