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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Ehud Y. Isacoff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Richard H. Kramer, Oakland, CA (US);
Dirk Trauner, Munich, DE;
Matthew R. Banghart, Oakland, CA (US);
Matthew Volgraf, Oakland, CA (US);
Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Barcelona, ES;
Katharine Borges, Centerport, NY (US);
Ehud Y. Isacoff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Richard H. Kramer, Oakland, CA (US);
Dirk Trauner, Munich, DE;
Matthew R. Banghart, Oakland, CA (US);
Matthew Volgraf, Oakland, CA (US);
Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Barcelona, ES;
Katharine Borges, Centerport, NY (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of protein function, which regulator is a light-sensitive regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated polypeptide that includes a subject synthetic regulator. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated polypeptide. The present invention further provides methods of modulating protein function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate protein function.