More information: Julian A. Bustamante et al, Separate sites of action for cry1 and phot1 blue-light receptors in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl, Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.021 ...

"Light is important for the regulation of our body clock: blue light receptors in the eye communicate with the master clock within the brain and this then aligns with billions of other clocks in ...

However, the American Academy of Ophthalmology does not think blue light from electronic devices is damaging to the eyes. There are three types of cone receptors in your eye's retina that are keyed to ...

Chronic poor sleep raises your risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and metabolic issues. Read more at ...

When exposed to blue wavelengths of light, the melanopsin and G protein–coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) mediate the relaxation of the vessels. The combination of light and a GRK2 inhibitor resulted ...

Arabidopsis thaliana possesses five different photoreceptors for red and far-red light, at least two different classes of proteins that serve as receptors for blue light and a poorly understood ...

Two identical proteins (color coded light blue and red) associate to form a homodimer. C) Signal transduction. The ligand binds to a site in the extracellular domain of the receptor (not shown ...

In the eye are light receptors called cones and rods ... Human cones can detect 3 colors: red, green, and blue. Dog cones can only detect 2 colors. No one is certain what those 2 colors are.