Each box reflects one peptide and contains five different colors that correspond to the differences in relative deuteration (ΔD
rel) between dark (ΔD
rel of
PtAu1a
full,dark-DNA -
PtAu1a
full,dark) experiments according to the legend on the left for the incubation times of 10, 45, 180, 900 and 3600 s (bottom up). DNA binding of
PtAu1a
full in the dark induces similar effects within the LOV domain as illumination (cf.
Figure 5—figure supplement 1), which suggests DNA-induced bZIP–LOV dissociation. The subtle differences in deuterium incorporation of Jα peptides observed after 3600 s in both comparisons most likely originate from slight differences in the experimental conditions of the HDX-MS measurements and have no functional implications. MS/MS confirmed peptides are marked with diamonds. Secondary structure elements are taken from DSSP (
Kabsch and Sander, 1983) analysis of the
PtAu1a
LOV dark state crystal structure. DSSP, define secondary structure of proteins; HDX-MS, hydrogen/deuterium-exchange coupled to mass spectrometry; MS/MS, tandem mass spectrometry.