CRY2olig

Photoreceptor CRY2olig
Binding partner /
Cofactor FAD
Source organism Arabidopsis thaliana
Mode of action homooligomerization
Excitation wavelength 450 nm
Reversion wavelength dark
Excitation time seconds
Reversion time minutes

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  2. Large-scale control over collective cell migration using light-activated epidermal growth factor receptors. Cell Syst, 2025
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  4. Inducing aggresome and stable tau aggregation in Neuro2a cells with an optogenetic tool. BPPB, 2024
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  6. RNA G-quadruplexes form scaffolds that promote neuropathological α-synuclein aggregation. Cell, 2024
  7. C9orf72 poly-PR forms anisotropic condensates causative of nuclear TDP-43 pathology. iScience, 2024
  8. In vivo optogenetic manipulations of endogenous proteins reveal spatiotemporal roles of microtubule and kinesin in dendrite patterning. Sci Adv, 2024
  9. Prior Fc receptor activation primes macrophages for increased sensitivity to IgG via long-term and short-term mechanisms. Dev Cell, 2024
  10. Intracellular tau fragment droplets serve as seeds for tau fibrils. Structure, 2024
  11. Spatiotemporal Control of Inflammatory Lytic Cell Death Through Optogenetic Induction of RIPK3 Oligomerization. J Mol Biol, 2024
  12. Engineering Material Properties of Transcription Factor Condensates to Control Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells and Mice. Small, 2024
  13. Optogenetic Regulation of EphA1 RTK Activation and Signaling. bioRxiv, 2024
  14. A platform to induce and mature biomolecular condensates using chemicals and light. Nat Chem Biol, 2024
  15. Optogenetic-mediated induction and monitoring of α-synuclein aggregation in cellular models of Parkinson's disease. STAR Protoc, 2023
  16. Optogenetic Induction of Pyroptosis, Necroptosis, and Apoptosis in Mammalian Cell Lines. Bio Protoc, 2023
  17. Optogenetic control of the integrated stress response reveals proportional encoding and the stress memory landscape. Cell Syst, 2023
  18. The Opto-inflammasome in zebrafish as a tool to study cell and tissue responses to speck formation and cell death. Elife, 2023
  19. Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death. Nature, 2023
  20. Integration of intermittent calcium signals in T cells revealed by temporally patterned optogenetics. iScience, 2023
  21. DIAPH3 condensates formed by liquid-liquid phase separation act as a regulatory hub for stress-induced actin cytoskeleton remodeling. Cell Rep, 2023
  22. Rapid and reversible optogenetic silencing of synaptic transmission by clustering of synaptic vesicles. Nat Commun, 2022
  23. WNK kinases sense molecular crowding and rescue cell volume via phase separation. Cell, 2022
  24. Optogenetic control of GGGGCC repeat-containing RNA phase transition. Fundam res, 2022
  25. Optogenetic manipulation of cell migration with high spatiotemporal resolution using lattice lightsheet microscopy. Commun Biol, 2022
  26. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein forms nuclear condensates and regulates alternative splicing. Nat Commun, 2022
  27. PPARγ phase separates with RXRα at PPREs to regulate target gene expression. Cell Discov, 2022
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  42. Optogenetic manipulation of calcium signals in single T cells in vivo. Nat Commun, 2020
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  51. RNA Binding Antagonizes Neurotoxic Phase Transitions of TDP-43. Neuron, 2019
  52. Light-Induced Protein Clustering for Optogenetic Interference and Protein Interaction Analysis in Drosophila S2 Cells. Biomolecules, 2019
  53. Increasing spatial resolution of photoregulated GTPases through immobilized peripheral membrane proteins. Small GTPases, 2018
  54. Activation of EphB2 Forward Signaling Enhances Memory Consolidation. Cell Rep, 2018
  55. Filopodia Conduct Target Selection in Cortical Neurons Using Differences in Signal Kinetics of a Single Kinase. Neuron, 2018
  56. Analysis of the CaMKIIα and β splice-variant distribution among brain regions reveals isoform-specific differences in holoenzyme formation. Sci Rep, 2018
  57. Optogenetic activation of EphB2 receptor in dendrites induced actin polymerization by activating Arg kinase. Biol Open, 2017
  58. Understanding CRY2 interactions for optical control of intracellular signaling. Nat Commun, 2017
  59. Optogenetic protein clustering through fluorescent protein tagging and extension of CRY2. Nat Commun, 2017
  60. Optogenetic control of the Dab1 signaling pathway. Sci Rep, 2017
  61. Spatiotemporal Control of Intracellular Phase Transitions Using Light-Activated optoDroplets. Cell, 2016
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