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Mapping Light-Induced Conformational Dynamics of Pigeon Cryptochrome 4 by HDX-MS: Structural Transitions from Spin Pair Formation to Activated Conformational States
Gargi S. Jagdale, Victoria Fan, Priyanka Dubey…·Judith Pollock Klinman
This study uses HDX-MS and spectroscopy to analyze light-induced structural changes in pigeon CRY4, revealing conformational dynamics linked to radical-pair chemistry and magnetoreception.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.27.747556