The 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan

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1SDA Welcome to the borderless rhodopsin world

Tue. Nov 14, 2023 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Room D (Conference Room 222+223 (Bldg. 2, 2F))

Organizers: Yamashita Takahiro (Kyoto Univ.)、Tsunoda Satoshi (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)

共催:JST/CREST 「オプトバイオ」

Rhodopsin is a general term for photoreceptive proteins which bind retinal as a chromophore. Rhodopsins are classically classified into two types, animal-type and microbial-type. These two types show no sequence similarities with each other, which leads to the diversity of their molecular functions. However, recent accumulation of the molecular properties of rhodopsins has crossed the border between animal-type and microbial-type. Moreover, the application of various rhodopsins to optogenetics not only contributes to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological functions in animals but also opens a new field in the treatments of diseases. In this symposium, we would like to introduce the “borderless” rhodopsin world.