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Yasushi Imamoto

Kyoto UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0803-4163Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Akihisa TerakitaiD· 1 shared Erika Okuno· 1 shared Hideki KandoriiD· 1 shared Kota KatayamaiD· 1 shared Makoto IwasakiiD· 1 shared Mitsumasa KOYANAGIiD· 1 shared Ririka Oka· 1 shared Shino InukaiiD· 1 shared

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Self-regenerating opsin from reef-building coral

Yusuke Sakai, Yasushi Imamoto, Shino Inukai, Yuri Tominaga, Tomohiro Sugihara, Takahiro Yamashita, Kota Katayama, Yukiya Kakeyama, Ririka Oka, Erika Okuno, Makoto Iwasaki, Hideki Kandori, Mitsumasa KOYANAGI, Akihisa Terakita

This paper identifies a coral opsin, AtAntho2c, that can autonomously regenerate its inactive state through thermal isomerization of retinal, enabling repeated light responses without exogenous retinal.

bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics