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• Letter | 14 January 2010

  Structural basis for the photoconversion of a phytochrome to the activated Pfr form

  Phytochromes regulate numerous photoresponses in plants and microorganisms through their ability to photointerconvert between a red-light-absorbing, ground state (Pf) and a far-red-light-absorbing, photoactivated state (Pfr). The structures of several phytochromes as Pf have been determined previously; here, the three-dimensional solution structure of the bilin-binding domain as Pfr is described. The results shed light on the structural basis for photoconversion to the activated Pfr form.

  • Andrew T. Ulijasz
  • , Gabriel Cornilescu
  •  & Richard D. Vierstra

• News | 12 January 2010

  Trace that metal

  Collaboration launches effort to track marine nutrients.

  • Mark Schrope

• News | 12 January 2010

  Bisphenol A link to heart disease confirmed

  Second study supports an association between the controversial chemical and cardiovascular problems.

  • Brendan Borrell

• News Feature | 06 January 2010

  Smart grids: The energy storage problem

  Renewable energy is not a viable option unless energy can be stored on a large scale. David Lindley looks at five ways to do that.

  • David Lindley

• News | 05 January 2010

  Kepler finds its first planets

  Early data hint at discoveries to come in the hunt for Earth-like worlds.

  • Eric Hand

• News | 05 January 2010

  Chemists crack complex compound

  Naturalistic approach vindicated as sponge molecule yields to synthesis in the lab.

  • Mark Peplow