Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
J R Soc Interface. 2010 Apr 6;7 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S135-46. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0456.focus. Epub 2010 Feb 3.
The sensory basis of magnetoreception in animals still remains a mystery. One hypothesis of magnetoreception is that photochemical radical pair reactions can transduce magnetic information in specialized photoreceptor cells, possibly involving the photoreceptor molecule cryptochrome. This hypothesis triggered a considerable amount of research in the past decade. Here, we present an updated picture of the radical-pair photoreceptor hypothesis. In our review, we will focus on insights that can assist biologists in their search for the elusive magnetoreceptors.
动物磁感觉的感觉基础仍然是一个谜。磁感觉的一个假设是,光化学自由基对反应可以在专门的感光细胞中转导磁信息,可能涉及感光分子隐花色素。这一假设在过去十年引发了相当多的研究。在这里,我们呈现了一个更新的自由基对感光器假说的图片。在我们的综述中,我们将重点介绍有助于生物学家寻找难以捉摸的磁受体的见解。