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Studies on a bacterial photosensor
Kort, R.
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1999
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Kort, R. (1999). Studies on a bacterial photosensor.
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List of publications
Journals:
Eggen, H.I.L., Geerling, A.C.M., Voorhorst, W.G.B., Kort, R. & de Vos, W.M. (1994). Molecular and comparative analysis of the hyperthermostable Pyrococcus fitriosus glutamate dehydrogenase and its gene. Biocatalysis 11, 131-141.
Kort, R., Hoff, W. D., van West, M., Kroon, A. R., Hoffer, S. M., Vlieg, K. H., Crielaard, W.,van Beeumen, J. J. & Hellingwerf, K. J. (1996). The xanthopsins: a new family of eubactenal blue-light photoreceptors. Embo J 15, 3209-18.
Kort, R., Vonk, H., Xu, X., Hoff, W. D., Crielaard, W. <& Hellingwerf, K. J. (1996). Evidence for trans-cis isomerization of the /)-coumaric acid chromophorc as the photochemical basis of the photocycle of photoactive yellow protein. FEBSLett 382, 73-8.
Kort, R., Liebl, W., Labedan, B., Forterre, P., Eggen, R.I.L. <& de Vos, W.M. (1997) Glutamate dchvdrogenase from the hypcrthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: molecular characterization and phvlogenetic implications. Exlremophiles 1, 52-60.
Perman, B., Srajer, V., Ren, Z., Teng, T., Pradervand, C., Ursby, T., Bourgeois, D., Schotte, F., Wulff, M., Kort, R., Hellingwerf, K. & Moffat, K. (1998). Energy transduction on the nanosecond time scale: earlv structural events in a xanthopsin photocycle. Science 279. 1946-50.
Cordfunke, R., Kort, R., Pierik, A., Gobets, B., Koomen, G. J., Verhoeven, J. W. & Hellingwerf, K. J. (1998). Translcis (Z/E) photoisomerization of the chromophore of photoactive yellow protein is not a prerequisite for the initiation of the photocycle of this photoreceptor protein. Proc Natl Acad Sei USA 95, 7396-401.
Kort, R., Phillips-Jones, M. K., van Aalten, D. M. F., Haker, A., Hoffer, S. M., Hellingwerf, K. J. & Crielaard, W. (1998). Sequence, chromophore extraction and 3-D model of the photoactive yellow protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochim Biophys Acta 1385. 1-6.
Hellingwerf, K.J., Crielaard, W., Teixiera de Mattos, J., Hoff, W.D., Kort, R., Verhamme, D. & Avignone-Rossa, C. (1998). Current topics in signal transduction in Bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. In press.
Books:
Kort, R., Hoff, W.D., Crielaard, W. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1996) Photosensing in purple bacteria: the xanthopsins, a new family of photoreceptors, mediating an avoidance response to blue light in Landmarks in Photobioiogy (Hönigsmann. H.. Knobler. RM.. Trautinger. F. & Jori. G. eds). Organizzazione Editoriale Medico Farmaceutica. Milano. Italy, p. 104-108.
Helliiigwerf, K.J., Kort, R. & Crielaard, W. (1997) Negative phototaxis in photosynthetic bacteria in Microbial responses to Light and Time (Caddick. MX.. Baumberg. S.. Hodgson, DA. & Phillips-Jones,
M.K. eds). Cambridge University Press. UK. p. 107-123.
Crielaard, W., Kort, R. & Hellingwerf K.J. (1998) Photoactive yellow protein, a photoreceptor from purple bacteria in ESP Review Series on Photobioiogy: Photomovement (Hader, D.-P. & Jori, G. eds). In Press. 110
List of abstracts
Kort, R., Liebl, W., Eggen, H.I.L. & de Vos, W.M. (1993) Cloning, sequencing and comprative analysis of glutamate dehydrogenase from the extreme thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. In Microbes in engineered ecosystems, 75 years of Microbiology in Wageningen, April 18-21, Wageningen, The Netherlands, p. 63.
Kort, R., Hoff, W.D., van West, M , Kroon, A.R., Hoffer, S.M., van Dijk, J. Vlieg, K.H., Crielaard, W. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1995) Molecular genetics of photoactive yellow protein, a eubacterial blue-light photoreceptor. In Microbial Physiology and Gene Regulation: Emerging Principles and Applications, The Beyerinck Centennial, December 10-14, The Hague, The Netherlands, p. 307.
Kort, R., Hoff, W.D., Crielaard, W. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1996) Xanthopsia: eubacterial, rhodopsin-like photosensors. In Abstract book of the 7th international conference on retinal proteins, June 23-28, Zichron Yaacov, Israel, p. 85.
Kort, R., Crielaard, W. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1996) Photosensing in eubacteria: trans/cis isomerization of the chromophore of PYP. In Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology of the Xllth International Biophysics Congress. August 11-16. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 40.
Hellingwerf, K.J., Kort, R., Hoff, W.D., Kroon, A.R. & Crielaard, W. (1997) Photoactive yellow proteins: bacterial blue-light sensors. In Abstracts of the 41st annual meeting of the Biophysical Society, 2-6 March 1997, New Orleans, Louisiana. Biophys. J. 72, 207.
Kort, R. Crielaard, W. & Hellingwerf K. J. (1997) Characterization of a blue light response in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In Proceedings of the IXth International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, September 6-13, Vienna, Austria, p. 99.
Crielaard, W., Kort, R., Hoff, W.D. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1997) Signalling and signal transduction
via a new class of photoreceptors: The Xanthopsins. In Proceedings of the IXth International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, September 6-13, Vienna, Austria, p. 101.
Hellingwerf, K.J., Kort, R., Verhamme, D. <& Crielaard, W. (1997) Signal-transduction networks
in bacteria: identification, characterization and mode of operation. In Peptidoglycan assembly and the bacterial cell cycle. Table Ronde Roussel Uclaf Institute Scientifique Roussel, France. 86, 24-26.
Kort, R., Hellingwerf, K.J. & Spudich, J.L. (1998) Photoactive yellow protein is a candidate for the photosensor of a new blue-light response in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Ventura, California, USA, January 11-16. Mini-talk.
Kort, R., Cordfunke, R., Pierik, A., Gobets, B., Koomen, G.J., Verhoeven, J. & Hellingwerf, K.J. (1998) Transi cis (ZIE) photoisomerization of the chromophore of photoactive yellow protein is not a prerequisite for the initiation of the photocycle of this photoreceptor protein. In Abstract book of the 8th international conference on retinal proteins. May 31-June 5, Awaji Island, Japan, p. 75.
Hellingwerf, K.J., Crielaard, W., Kort, R., Hendriks, J. & Cordfunke, R. (1998) Structure/function relationship of photoactive yellow protein in relation to its materials properties, as studied with spectroscopy, and genetic and chemical engineering. Abstract for the 1998 Asian-Pacific Forum on Science and Technology 'Optical Probing and Creation of Advanced Photoactive Materials', November 10-12, Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikctwi, Japan.
