General Information of This Optogenetic System (OS)
OS ID
OS00191
OS Name
Optogenetic control RhoA system (Opto-RhoA)
[1], [2]
Photoreceptor (PR)
PR Info
PR Name
Improved Light-Inducible Dimer (iLID)
Source of Species
Avena sativa
Class
LOV domain
UniProt ID
O49003
GenBank
747155673
PDB ID
4WF0
3D Structure
Components
Photoreceptor: Improved Light-Inducible Dimer (iLID)
Complementary Protein: Stringent starvation protein B (SspB)
Cofactor: Flavin mononucleotide (FMN)
Complementary Protein Stringent starvation protein B (SspB)
Cofactor Flavin mononucleotide (FMN)
Controlled Protein Functional protein Improved Light-Inducible Dimer
Detail Info
Recruited protein Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12
Detail Info
OS Application Information (1)
Mechanism of Action ILID comformational change and subsequently iLID-SspB heterodimerization [ 1] , [ 2]
Controlled Signal Pathway RhoA activation
Effect Sensor
Application Optogenetic control of small GTPases reveals RhoA mediates intracellular calcium signaling
Note RhoA activate calcium increases varies between different cells
Light Information Activation Wavelength 458 nm
Process Reversible
Deactivation Wavelength Dark
Activation Time Seconds to Minutes
Deactivation Time Seconds
Expression Information Expression Method Transfection
Cell Lines MDCK cells; HEK293T cells; RPE1 cells and HeLa cells
References
1 Optogenetic control of small GTPases reveals RhoA mediates intracellular calcium signaling
2 Increasing spatial resolution of photoregulated GTPases through immobilized peripheral membrane proteins