Las cnidopsinas se caracterizan por ser opsinas bistables de un coral constructor de arrecifes, Acropora tenuis

Yukiya Kakeyama1, Yusuke Sakai1, Tomohiro Sugihara1

  • 1Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.

Zoological science
|September 5, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Las cnidopsinas de coral exhiben propiedades bistables, cambiando la sensibilidad espectral entre la luz azul y la naranja. Esto contrasta con las opsinas de las medusas, revelando diversos mecanismos de detección de luz en los cnidarios.

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