Structural Rearrangements of Pigeon Cryptochrome 4 Undergoing a Complete Redox Cycle
Fabian Schuhmann,
Jessica L. Ramsay,
Daniel R. Kattnig
et al.
Abstract:Cryptochrome is currently the major contender of a protein to underpin magnetoreception, the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field. Among various types of cryptochromes, cryptochrome 4 has been identified as the likely magnetoreceptor in migratory birds. All-atom molecular dynamics (MD) studies have offered first insights into the structural dynamics of cryptochrome but are limited to a short time scale due to large computational demands. Here, we employ coarse-grained MD simulations to investigate the e… Show more
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