A phylogenetically diverse class of blind type 1 opsins
Erin A Becker, Andrew I Yao, Phillip M Seitzer, Tobias Kind, Ting Wang, Rich Eigenheer, Katie S. Y. Shao, Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Marc T Facciotti
The paper identifies a new class of microbial opsins lacking the conserved lysine residue, suggesting they may respond to non-light stimuli rather than light.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2015Molecular Biology