LITE-1

LITE-1 is a novel photoreceptor found in Caenorhabditis elegans.[1] It exhibits blue light photoreceptor activity. Is involved in several processes, including negative phototaxis, phototransduction, and response to UV light.[2] Many organisms have photosensitive proteins, yet only two types of photoreceptors, opsins and cryptochromes, have been discovered in metazoans until LITE-1.[1] This photoreceptor is much more efficient at absorbing both ultraviolet light, 10 to 100 times greater than the two other types found in the animal kingdom.[3]

References
  1. Gong, Jianke; Yuan, Yiyuan; Ward, Alex; Kang, Lijun; Zhang, Bi; Wu, Zhiping; Peng, Junmin; Feng, Zhaoyang; Liu, Jianfeng; Xu, X. Z. Shawn (November 2016). "The C. elegans Taste Receptor Homolog LITE-1 Is a Photoreceptor". Cell. 167 (5): 1252–1263.e10. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.053. ISSN 1097-4172. PMC 5388352. PMID 27863243.
  2. "lite-1 (gene) - WormBase : Nematode Information Resource". wormbase.org. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  3. November 2016, Laura Geggel 17. "Teensy, Eyeless Worms Have Completely New Light-Detecting Cells". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
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