AsLOV2

Photoreceptor AsLOV2
Binding partner /
Cofactor FMN
Source organism Avena sativa
Mode of action intramolecular conformational change
Excitation wavelength 450 nm
Reversion wavelength dark
Excitation time seconds
Reversion time tens of seconds
Crystal structure of AsLOV2, ground state. (PDB ID: 2V1A)

AsLOV2-derived switches:

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  12. OptIC Notch reveals mechanism that regulates receptor interactions with CSL. Development, 2023
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  77. Optogenetic Control for Investigating Subcellular Localization of Fyn Kinase Activity in Single Live Cells. J Mol Biol, 2020
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  79. Engineering light-controllable CAR T cells for cancer immunotherapy. Sci Adv, 2020
  80. Optogenetic Rac1 engineered from membrane lipid-binding RGS-LOV for inducible lamellipodia formation. Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2020
  81. Minimally disruptive optical control of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. Nat Commun, 2020
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  83. Golgi-associated microtubules are fast cargo tracks and required for persistent cell migration. EMBO Rep, 2020
  84. Optogenetic control of spine-head JNK reveals a role in dendritic spine regression. eNeuro, 2020
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  100. Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth. Science, 2019
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  103. Optogenetic Navigation of Routes Leading to Protein Amyloidogenesis in Bacteria. J Mol Biol, 2019
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  123. A light- and calcium-gated transcription factor for imaging and manipulating activated neurons. Nat Biotechnol, 2017
  124. Rac1 switching at the right time and location is essential for Fcγ receptor-mediated phagosome formation. J Cell Sci, 2017
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  133. Light-induced nuclear export reveals rapid dynamics of epigenetic modifications. Nat Chem Biol, 2016
  134. Post-translational control of protein function with light using a LOV-intein fusion protein. Mol Biosyst, 2016
  135. Optogenetic control of nuclear protein export. Nat Commun, 2016
  136. Regulation of neural gene transcription by optogenetic inhibition of the RE1-silencing transcription factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2015
  137. Near-infrared photoactivatable control of Ca(2+) signaling and optogenetic immunomodulation. Elife, 2015
  138. Photocontrolled Exposure of Pro-apoptotic Peptide Sequences in LOV Proteins Modulates Bcl-2 Family Interactions. Chembiochem, 2015
  139. Optical Control of Peroxisomal Trafficking. ACS Synth Biol, 2015
  140. Optogenetic control of endogenous Ca(2+) channels in vivo. Nat Biotechnol, 2015
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  142. An Engineered Split Intein for Photoactivated Protein Trans-Splicing. PLoS ONE, 2015
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  145. Junctional actin assembly is mediated by Formin-like 2 downstream of Rac1. J Cell Biol, 2015
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  153. Rac1-dependent lamellipodial motility in prostate cancer PC-3 cells revealed by optogenetic control of Rac1 activity. PLoS ONE, 2014
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