Elena N. Spudich

The University of Texas at Austin — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(53), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(32), Retinal Development and Disorders(17), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research(9), Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks(9)

Publications58 total

A Transporter Converted into a Sensor, a Phototaxis Signaling Mutant of Bacteriorhodopsin at 3.0 Å
Journal of Molecular Biology·2011· 24 cited
Diversity of <i>Chlamydomonas</i> Channelrhodopsins
Photochemistry and Photobiology·2011· 65 citedOpen Access
New Channelrhodopsin with a Red-Shifted Spectrum and Rapid Kinetics from <i>Mesostigma viride</i>
mBio·2011· 98 citedOpen Access
Probing the Protein-Protein Signaling Mechanism in Intact Archaeal Cells Using Time-Resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy
Biophysical Journal·2010Open Access
Effects of Sensory Rhodopsin II Complexation with its Cognate Transducer HtrII on the Local Environment of Internal Water Molecules
Biophysical Journal·2010Open Access
Microbial Rhodopsins: Receptors, Channels, and Pumps from a Single Design
The FASEB Journal·2009
Active Water in Protein−Protein Communication within the Membrane: The Case of SRII−HtrII Signal Relay
Biochemistry·2009· 10 citedOpen Access
His-75 in Proteorhodopsin, a Novel Component in Light-driven Proton Translocation by Primary Pumps
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2008· 75 citedOpen Access
Different Structural Changes Occur in Blue- and Green-Proteorhodopsins during the Primary Photoreaction
Biochemistry·2008· 15 citedOpen Access
Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Direct Chromophore Interactions in the Leu/Gln105 Spectral Tuning Switch of Proteorhodopsins
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B·2008· 45 citedOpen Access
Protonation State of Glu142 Differs in the Green- and Blue-Absorbing Variants of Proteorhodopsin
Biochemistry·2008· 32 cited
The Simplest Eyes
Elsevier eBooks·2008· 16 cited
Constitutive activity in chimeras and deletions localize sensory rhodopsin II/HtrII signal relay to the membrane‐inserted domain
Molecular Microbiology·2007· 21 cited
Subpicosecond Protein Backbone Changes Detected during the Green-Absorbing Proteorhodopsin Primary Photoreaction
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B·2007· 32 cited
Crystal Structure of the Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin Transducer
Journal of Molecular Biology·2006· 34 citedOpen Access
Role of the Cytoplasmic Domain in Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin Photocycling: Vectoriality of Schiff Base Deprotonation
Biophysical Journal·2006· 28 citedOpen Access
Photoactivation Perturbs the Membrane-embedded Contacts between Sensory Rhodopsin II and Its Transducer
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2005· 39 citedOpen Access
The Cytoplasmic Membrane-proximal Domain of the HtrII Transducer Interacts with the E-F Loop of Photoactivated Natronomonas pharaonis Sensory Rhodopsin II
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2004· 43 citedOpen Access
Structural Changes in the Photoactive Site of Proteorhodopsin during the Primary Photoreaction
Biochemistry·2004· 58 cited
Characterization of RS29, a blue-green proteorhodopsin variant from the Red Sea
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences·2004· 51 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

John L. Spudich(46), Kenneth J. Rothschild(13), Vladislav B. Bergo(9), Oleg A. Sineshchekov(8), Joel M. Kralj(5), Jason J. Amsden(4), Hartmut Luecke(3), Janos Κ. Lanyi(3), Vishwa D. Trivedi(3), Oded Béjà(2), Edward F. DeLong(2), Chii‐Shen Yang(2), Giovanna Ferro‐Luzzi Ames(2), Andrei K. Dioumaev(2), Leonid S. Brown(2), Kenneth L. Scott(2), Elena G. Govorunova(2), Christopher E. Lane(2), M. Shahid Alam(2), Mark P. Krebs(2)