Characterization of cephalic and non-cephalic sensory cell types provides insight into joint photo- and mechanoreceptor evolution

Autor: Roger Revilla-i-Domingo, Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan, Monika Waldherr, Günther Prohaczka, Hugo Musset, Lukas Orel, Elliot Gerrard, Moritz Smolka, Alexander Stockinger, Matthias Farlik, Robert J Lucas, Florian Raible, Kristin Tessmar-Raible

Publikováno v: eLife, Vol 10 (2021)

Rhabdomeric opsins (r-opsins) are light sensors in cephalic eye photoreceptors, but also function in additional sensory organs. This has prompted questions on the evolutionary relationship of these cell types, and if ancient r-opsins were non-photose

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Author response: Characterization of cephalic and non-cephalic sensory cell types provides insight into joint photo- and mechanoreceptor evolution

Autor: Hugo Musset, Moritz Smolka, Günther Prohaczka, Roger Revilla-i-Domingo, Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Lukas Orel, Robert J. Lucas, Monika Waldherr, Alexander W. Stockinger, Matthias Farlik, Elliot Gerrard, Florian Raible, Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan

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https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.66144.sa2

Two light sensors decode moonlight versus sunlight to adjust a plastic circadian/circalunidian clock to moon phase

Autor: Florian Raible, Martin Zurl, Eva Wolf, Dunja Rokvic, Shruthi Krishnan, Lukas Orel, Birgit Poehn, Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan, Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Matthias Schlichting, Elliot Gerrard, Dirk Rieger, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Robert J. Lucas

Many species synchronize their physiology and behavior to specific hours. It is commonly assumed that sunlight acts as the main entrainment signal for ~24h clocks. However, the moon provides similarly regular time information, and increasingly studie

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.16.440114

Seasonal variation in UVA light drives hormonal and behavioural changes in a marine annelid via a ciliary opsin

Autor: N Sören Häfker, Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan, Maria Christina Buia, Birgit Poehn, Robert J. Lucas, Elliot Gerrard, Thomas Gossenreiter, Maximillian Hofbauer, Enrique Arboleda, Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Markus Hartl, Christopher Gerner, Christian Mühlestein, Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà, Andrea Bileck

Publikováno v: Nature Ecology & Evolution

The right timing of animal physiology and behaviour ensures the stability of populations and ecosystems. To predict anthropogenic impacts on these timings, more insight is needed into the interplay between environment and molecular timing mechanisms.

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Convergent evolution of tertiary structure in rhodopsin visual proteins from vertebrates and box jellyfish

Autor: Xavier Deupi, Eshita Mutt, Elliot Gerrard, Robert J. Lucas, Elena Lesca, Akihisa Terakita, Tilman Flock, Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Takashi Nagata, Gebhard F. X. Schertler

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (24)
Gerrard, E, Mutt, E, Nagata, T, Koyanagi, M, Flock, T, Lesca, E, Schertler, G F X, Terakita, A, Deupi, X & Lucas, R J 2018, ' Convergent evolution of tertiary structure in rhodopsin visual proteins from vertebrates and box jellyfish ', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 24, pp. 6201-6206 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721333115

Box jellyfish and vertebrates are separated by >500 million years of evolution yet have structurally analogous lens eyes that employ rhodopsin photopigments for vision. All opsins possess a negatively charged residue—the counterion—to maintain vi

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721333115