Alternative radical pairs for cryptochrome-based magnetoreception.

Journal article

There is growing evidence that the remarkable ability of animals, in particular birds, to sense the direction of the Earth's magnetic field relies on magnetically sensitive photochemical reactions of the protein cryptochrome. It is generally assumed that the magnetic field acts on the radical pair [FAD•- TrpH•+] formed by the transfer of an electron from a group of three tryptophan residues to the photo-excited flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor within the protein. Here, we examine the suit...

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Authors: Lee, A; Lau, J; Hogben, H; Biskup, T; Kattnig, DR

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 95
• Pages: 20131063
• Publication date: 2014-06-01
• DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1063
• EISSN: 1742-5662
• ISSN: 1742-5689
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Magnetic Fields; Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; Cryptochromes; Tryptophan; Free Radicals