Photochemical reactions in biological light perception and regulation

Summary, in English

Many photochemical reactions involved in the sensing of and regulation by light and ultraviolet radiation by organisms consist of cis-trans (and trans-cis) isomerisations. This chapter starts with a description of these, and then goes on to the blue-light receptors crypto-chrome and phototropin, which use other chemical mechanisms, and concludes with a discus-sion of ultraviolet-B receptors.

• Författare: Lars Olof Björn
• Redaktör: Lars Olof Björn
• Publiceringsår: 2008
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 197-222
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Photobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72655-7_10
• Dokumenttyp: Del av eller Kapitel i bok
• Förlag: Springer
• Ämne: Biological Sciences
• Nyckelord: Urocanic acid Cis-trans isomerization Trans-cis isomerization Eukaryotic Rhodopsin Archaean PYP Photoactive yellow protein Xanthopsin Phytochrome Cyanobacteria Chromatic adaptation Violaxanthin Stomata Stomatal regulation Cryptochrome Phototropin Blue-light sensor UV-B receptor Action spectrum
• Status: Published
• Projekt: Photobiology
• Forskningsgrupp: Photobiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISBN: 978-0-387-72654-0