The C. elegans Taste Receptor Homolog LITE-1 Is a Photoreceptor
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- 作者：Jianke Gong1 ; 2 ; Yiyuan Yuan2 ; 4 ; Alex Ward2 ; Lijun Kang2 ; 5 ; Bi Zhang1 ; 2 ; Zhiping Wu3 ; Junmin Peng3 ; Zhaoyang Feng4 ; Jianfeng Liu1 ; jfliu@mail.hust.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; X.Z. Shawn Xu2 ; 6 ; shawnxu@umich.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：photosensation ; chemosensation ; neuron ; photopigment ; photosensory ; chemosensory
- 刊名：Cell
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：17 November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：167
- 期：5
- 页码：1252-1263.e10
- 全文大小：3035 K
文摘
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LITE-1, a taste receptor homolog, is a bona fide photoreceptor that senses UV light
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LITE-1 has a high efficiency of photon capturing
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Photoabsorption by LITE-1 relies on its conformation and requires two Trp residues
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Introducing such a Trp residue into a related protein promotes photosensitivity