Optogenetic activation of heterotrimeric Gi proteins by LOV2GIVe - a rationally engineered modular protein
M. Garcia-Marcos, K. Parag-Sharma, A. Marivin, M. Maziarz, A. Luebbers, L. T. Nguyen
The paper introduces LOV2GIVe, a modular protein that optogenetically activates Gi proteins using blue light, offering a new tool for precise G-protein manipulation.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2020Biochemistry