Alternative formation of red-shifted channelrhodopsins: Noncovalent incorporation with retinal-based enamine-type schiff bases and mutated channelopsin

Takashi Okitsu, Take Matsuyama, Takahiro Yamashit, Toru Ishizuk, Hiromu Yawo, Yasushi Imamoto, Yoshinori Shichid, Akimori Wada*

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Abstract

Red-shifted channelrhodopsins (ChRs) are attractive for optogenetic tools. We developed a new type of red-shifted ChRs that utilized noncovalent incorporation of retinal and 3,4-dehydroretinal-based enamine-type Schiff bases and mutated channelopsin, C1C2-K296G. These ChRs exhibited absorption maxima that were shifted 10-30 nm toward longer wavelengths than that of C1C2-ChR regenerated with alltrans- retinal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)356-358
Number of pages3
JournalChemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Volume65
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Channelrhodopsin
  • Chromophore
  • Neuroscience
  • Optogenetics
  • Red-shift

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery

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