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Hola a todos:<br><br>
Tengo el placer de invitarlos al seminario que tendra lugar el viernes
proximo en el horario habitrual de los Seinarios de Fotoquimica.<br><br>
Saludos,<br>
Enrique San Roman<br><br>
<b>Cristiano Viappani<br>
</b>e-mail: cristiano.viappiani@unipr.it<br><br>
<i>Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Parma,
viale delle Scienze 7A, 43124, Parma, Italy<br><br>
Viernes 4 de octubre, 10:00 hs., Aula Busch, Departamento de Quimica
Inorganica<br><br>
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</i><b>Photochromism in the bacterial photoreceptor YtvA is strongly
affected by hydration<br><br>
</b>YtvA is a blue light photoreceptor from <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>,
composed of a flavin-binding LOV- (light, oxygen, voltage) domain,
sharing high structural homology with the flavin mononucleotide
(FMN)-binding LOV domains of plant phototropins. When the fluorescent,
dark adapted species (YtvAD) is illuminated with blue light, a photocycle
is initiated, which proceeds through a triplet state leading in high
yield to reversible formation of a non-fluorescent blue shifted
FMN-cysteine C(4a)-thiol adduct (YtvAL). The photoadduct slowly reverts
in the dark to the parent state YtvAD. The fluorescence emission by YtvAD
offers a convenient means to follow the functional state of the molecule.
We have recently shown that this fluorescent reporter has potential for
super-resolution microscopy. YtvA is efficiently photo switchable between
fluorescent and non fluorescent states using blue and violet light. We
have exploited this property to perform sub-diffraction localization of
individual YtvA molecules deposited on a coverslip and demonstrated
Fluorescence PhotoActivation Localization Microscopy (FPALM) studies of
live <i>Escherichia coli</i> cells, expressing YtvA molecules. Recent
studies have suggested a strong influence of hydration on the dark
relaxation rate from YtvAL to YtvAD, with remarkable implications for
cellular applications.<br><br>
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