R. Narikawa

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• Evidence for an early green/red photocycle that precedes the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptor cyanobacteriochromes
• Green light perception paved the way for the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptors (Preprint)
• Evolution-inspired design of multicolored photoswitches from a single cyanobacteriochrome scaffold
• Tlr0485 is a cAMP-activated c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase in a cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus
• Molecular characterization of DXCF cyanobacteriochromes from the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina identifies a blue-light power sensor
• Distinctive properties of dark reversion kinetics between two red/green-type cyanobacteriochromes and their application in the photoregulation of cAMP synthesis
• Cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptors lacking the canonical Cys residue
• Three cyanobacteriochromes work together to form a light color-sensitive input system for c-di-GMP signaling of cell aggregation
• A biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome from the chlorophyll d-bearing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina
• Cyanobacteriochrome SesA is a diguanylate cyclase that induces cell aggregation in Thermosynechococcus
• A new type of dual-Cys cyanobacteriochrome GAF domain found in cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina, which has an unusual red/blue reversible photoconversion cycle
• Thiol-based photocycle of the blue and teal light-sensing cyanobacteriochrome Tlr1999