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Discovery and functional analysis of a 4th electron-transferring tryptophan conserved exclusively in animal cryptochromes and (6-4) photolyases

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 51, Issue 85, Pages 15502-15505

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06276d

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  1. French Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-12-BSV8-0001]
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [25870400]
  3. Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-12-BSV8-0001] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25870400] Funding Source: KAKEN

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A 4th electron transferring tryptophan in animal cryptochromes and (6-4) photolyases is discovered and functionally analyzed by transient absorption. It yields a much longer-lived flavin-tryptophan radical pair than the mere tryptophan triad in related flavoproteins, questioning the putative role of the primary light reaction of cryptochrome in animal magnetoreception.

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