Abstract
Voltage imaging using genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) has taken the field of neuroscience by storm in the past decade. Its ability to create subcellular and network level readouts of electrical dynamics depends critically on the kinetics of the response to voltage of the indicator used. Engineered microbial rhodopsins form a GEVI subclass known for their high voltage sensitivity and fast response kinetics. Here we review the essential aspects of microbial rhodopsin photocycles that are critical to understanding the mechanisms of voltage sensitivity in these proteins and link them to insights from efforts to create faster, brighter and more sensitive microbial rhodopsin-based GEVIs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 320-333 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | ACS Physical Chemistry Au |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Jul 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:D.B. acknowledges support by an NWO Start-up Grant (740.018.018) and ERC Starting Grant (850818-MULTIVIsion), as well as an NWO XS grant (OCENW.XS2.033). S.G. acknowledges the support of the Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship (LT000503/2021-L).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.