Henrik Mouritsen

Coherent Vibrational Wave Packet Motion in Er Cry4a Proteins Monitors the Redox State of the Flavin Chromophore

Abstract Cryptochromes are blue-light-sensitive flavoproteins that play central roles in biological function. In European robin (Erithacus rubecula) ErCry4a proteins, optical excitation of their flavin chromophore forms a long-lived radical pair through a sequence of electron-tra...