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  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

J. Clark Lagarias is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their subfields of study focus notably on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The research topics covered by their publications include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Light effects on plants, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Hemoglobin structure and function, Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders, and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with J. Clark Lagarias include Nathan C. Rockwell, Shelley S. Martin, Wei Hu, Marcus V. Moreno, and Robert D. Willows.

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on photosynthesis, photoreceptor biology, and bilin chemistry. Notable publications include:

  • Bilin-dependent regulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis by GUN4 (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A far-red cyanobacteriochrome lineage specific for verdins (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Elucidating the origins of phycocyanobilin biosynthesis and phycobiliproteins (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Crystal structure of a far-red-sensing cyanobacteriochrome reveals an atypical bilin conformation and spectral tuning mechanism (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Evolution-inspired design of multicolored photoswitches from a single cyanobacteriochrome scaffold (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Publication venues where they have frequently contributed include the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, Biochemistry, and the Annual Review of Microbiology.

J. Clark Lagarias has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2001.

Best Publications

  • PHYTOCHROME STRUCTURE AND SIGNALING MECHANISMS

    Nathan C. Rockwell;Yi-Shin Su;J. Clark Lagarias

  • A Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Two-Component Light Sensory System

    Kuo-Chen Yeh;Shu-Hsing Wu;John T. Murphy;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light

    Fei Gan;Shuyi Zhang;Nathan C. Rockwell;Shelley S. Martin

  • A Brief History of Phytochromes

    Nathan C. Rockwell;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Chromopeptides from phytochrome. The structure and linkage of the PR form of the phytochrome chromophore

    J. Clark Lagarias;Henry Rapoport

  • Phytochrome ancestry: sensors of bilins and light

    Beronda L. Montgomery;J.Clark Lagarias

  • The Arabidopsis HY2 gene encodes phytochromobilin synthase, a ferredoxin-dependent biliverdin reductase.

    Takayuki Kohchi;Keiko Mukougawa;Nicole Frankenberg;Munehisa Masuda

  • Genetic engineering of phytochrome biosynthesis in bacteria.

    Gregory A. Gambetta;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Functional Genomic Analysis of the HY2 Family of Ferredoxin-Dependent Bilin Reductases from Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms

    Nicole Frankenberg;Keiko Mukougawa;Takayuki Kohchi;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Visualization of bilin-linked peptides and proteins in polyacrylamide gels

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  • A phytochrome from the fern Adiantum with features of the putative photoreceptor NPH1

    Kazunari Nozue;Takeshi Kanegae;Takato Imaizumi;Shunsuke Fukuda

  • PHYTOCHROME C plays a major role in the acceleration of wheat flowering under long-day photoperiod

    Andrew Chen;Chengxia Li;Wei Hu;Mei Yee Lau

  • Ultrafast excited-state isomerization in phytochrome revealed by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy.

    Jyotishman Dasgupta;Renee R. Frontiera;Keenan C. Taylor;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Defining the bilin lyase domain: lessons from the extended phytochrome superfamily.

    S H Wu;J C Lagarias

  • Harnessing phytochrome's glowing potential

    Amanda J. Fischer;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Diverse two-cysteine photocycles in phytochromes and cyanobacteriochromes.

    Nathan C. Rockwell;Shelley S. Martin;Kateryna Feoktistova;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Light-Independent Phytochrome Signaling Mediated by Dominant GAF Domain Tyrosine Mutants of Arabidopsis Phytochromes in Transgenic Plants

    Yi-shin Su;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Eukaryotic algal phytochromes span the visible spectrum

    Nathan C. Rockwell;Deqiang Duanmu;Shelley S. Martin;Charles Bachy

  • Phytochrome B inhibits binding of phytochrome-interacting factors to their target promoters.

    Eunae Park;Jeongmoo Park;Junghyun Kim;Akira Nagatani

  • Distinct classes of red/far-red photochemistry within the phytochrome superfamily

    Nathan C. Rockwell;Lixia Shang;Shelley S. Martin;J. Clark Lagarias

  • Red/green cyanobacteriochromes: sensors of color and power

    Nathan C Rockwell;Shelley S Martin;J Clark Lagarias

  • Phycoviolobilin formation and spectral tuning in the DXCF cyanobacteriochrome subfamily.

    Nathan C Rockwell;Shelley S Martin;Alexander G Gulevich;J Clark Lagarias

Frequent Co-Authors

Delmar S. Larsen
Delmar S. Larsen University of California, Davis
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Masahiko Ikeuchi
Masahiko Ikeuchi University of Tokyo
R. David Britt
R. David Britt University of California, Davis
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Alexandra Z. Worden
Alexandra Z. Worden Marine Biological Laboratory
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Akiho Yokota
Akiho Yokota Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Ehud Y. Isacoff
Ehud Y. Isacoff University of California, Berkeley
Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley

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