ABSTRACT

More recently, another singlet oxygen photosensitizing protein, miniSOG, has been engineered from a phototropin photoreceptor (Shu et al. 2011). MiniSOG, which is a 15 kDa flavoprotein not structurally related to GFP, has much higher

24.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................275 24.2 Photosensitization Mechanisms: Superoxide Versus Singlet Oxygen

(Structural Aspects).................................................................................................................276 24.3 Applications of Genetically Encoded Photosensitizers .................................................... 277

24.4 Conclusions and Outlook .......................................................................................................278 References ............................................................................................................................................ 279

singlet oxygen photosensitization efficiency than GFP-like proteins and thus promises to revolutionize all applications related to genetically encoded singlet oxygen production.