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Photochemical reactions in biological light perception and regulation

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Author

Editor

  • Lars Olof Björn

Summary, in English

Many photochemical reactions involved in the sensing of and regulation by light and ultraviolet radiation by organisms consist of cis-trans (and trans-cis) isomerisations. This chapter starts with a description of these, and then goes on to the blue-light receptors crypto-chrome and phototropin, which use other chemical mechanisms, and concludes with a discus-sion of ultraviolet-B receptors.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

197-222

Publication/Series

Photobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Urocanic acid Cis-trans isomerization Trans-cis isomerization Eukaryotic Rhodopsin Archaean PYP Photoactive yellow protein Xanthopsin Phytochrome Cyanobacteria Chromatic adaptation Violaxanthin Stomata Stomatal regulation Cryptochrome Phototropin Blue-light sensor UV-B receptor Action spectrum

Status

Published

Project

  • Photobiology

Research group

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-387-72654-0