Patents Assigned to Peter Hegemann
  • Use of biological photoreceptors as directly light-activated ion channels
    Publication number: 20050202398
    Abstract: Use of a biological photoreceptor as light-controlled ion channel for the alteration of the ion conductivity of a membrane by means of light. The photoreceptor used comprises an apoprotein and a light-sensitive polyene covalently bound to the apoprotein, said polyene interacting with the apoprotein and functioning as a light-sensitive gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicants: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., Peter Hegemann
    Inventors: Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, Ernst Bamberg