Direct observation of long-lived radical pair between flavin and guanine in single- and double-stranded DNA-oligomers

Abstract The mechanism by which cryptochrome (CRY) proteins are capable of sensing weak magnetic fields (e.g., the geomagnetic field: ~50 μT) was suggested to be mediated by spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRPs) comprising a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) radical and a tryptophan (Trp) radical wh...

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Main Authors: Yoshimi Oka, Florian Quintes, Yuri Yoshikawa, Motoyasu Fujiwara, Kiminori Maeda, Stefan Weber, Katsuya Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Chemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01596-x
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