Species	Reference gene ID	Possible function	Papers / DOI
Arabidopsis	At1g04400	Photoreceptor that mediates primarily blue light inhibition of hypocotyl elongation and photoperiodic control of floral initiation, and regulates other light responses, including circadian rhythms, tropic growth, stomata opening, guard cell development, root development, bacterial and viral pathogen responses, abiotic stress responses, cell cycles, programmed cell death, apical dominance, fruit and ovule development, seed dormancy, and magnetoreception.	The role of cryptochrome 2 in flowering in Arabidopsis.; 2003; DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.029819; PMID: 14605222; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14605222/ | Cryptochrome photoreceptors cry1 and cry2 antagonistically regulate primary root elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.; 2006; DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0280-6; PMID: 16703358; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16703358/ | CRYPTOCHROME2 in vascular bundles regulates flowering in Arabidopsis.; 2007; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.048157; PMID: 17259260; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17259260/ | Double loss-of-function mutation in EARLY FLOWERING 3 and CRYPTOCHROME 2 genes delays flowering under continuous light but accelerates it under long days and short days: an important role for Arabidopsis CRY2 to accelerate flowering time in continuous light.; 2011; DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq450; PMID: 21296763; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21296763/ | Blue light-dependent interaction of CRY2 with SPA1 regulates COP1 activity and floral initiation in Arabidopsis.; 2011; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.048; PMID: 21514160; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21514160/ | The Cryptochrome Blue Light Receptors.; 2010; DOI: 10.1199/tab.0135; PMID: 21841916; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21841916/ | Phototropins but not cryptochromes mediate the blue light-specific promotion of stomatal conductance, while both enhance photosynthesis and transpiration under full sunlight.; 2012; DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.187237; PMID: 22147516; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22147516/ | Lifetimes of Arabidopsis cryptochrome signaling states in vivo.; 2013; DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12144; PMID: 23398192; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23398192/ | Strigolactone-regulated hypocotyl elongation is dependent on cryptochrome and phytochrome signaling pathways in Arabidopsis.; 2014; DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst093; PMID: 24126495; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24126495/ | Multiple bHLH proteins form heterodimers to mediate CRY2-dependent regulation of flowering-time in Arabidopsis.; 2013; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003861; PMID: 24130508; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24130508/ | Cellular metabolites enhance the light sensitivity of Arabidopsis cryptochrome through alternate electron transfer pathways.; 2014; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.129809; PMID: 25428980; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25428980/ | Suppression of Arabidopsis flowering by near-null magnetic field is affected by light.; 2015; DOI: 10.1002/bem.21927; PMID: 26095447; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26095447/ | Blue-light dependent ROS formation by Arabidopsis cryptochrome-2 may contribute toward its signaling role.; 2015; DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1042647; PMID: 26179959; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26179959/ | Enhancement of blue-light sensitivity of Arabidopsis seedlings by a blue light receptor cryptochrome 2.; 1998; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.5.2686; PMID: 9482948; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9482948/ | Cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptors of Arabidopsis implicated in phototropism.; 1998; DOI: 10.1038/33701; PMID: 9565033; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9565033/
Arabidopsis	At4g08920	May act as a blue-light receptor regulating hypocotyl elongation, flowering and other light responses.	Arabidopsis Mutants Lacking Blue Light-Dependent Inhibition of Hypocotyl Elongation.; 1991; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.3.7.685; PMID: 12324610; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12324610/ | Cryptochrome photoreceptors cry1 and cry2 antagonistically regulate primary root elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.; 2006; DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0280-6; PMID: 16703358; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16703358/ | CRY1 inhibits COP1-mediated degradation of BIT1, a MYB transcription factor, to activate blue light-dependent gene expression in Arabidopsis.; 2008; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03508.x; PMID: 18397371; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18397371/ | CRYPTOCHROME 1 is implicated in promoting R protein-mediated plant resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis.; 2010; DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp107; PMID: 20053798; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20053798/ | Arabidopsis cryptochrome-1 restrains lateral roots growth by inhibiting auxin transport.; 2010; DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.12.003; PMID: 20133010; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20133010/ | Light receptor action is critical for maintaining plant biomass at warm ambient temperatures.; 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04434.x; PMID: 21265897; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21265897/ | Cryptochrome 1 and phytochrome B control shade-avoidance responses in Arabidopsis via partially independent hormonal cascades.; 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04598.x; PMID: 21457375; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21457375/ | Light-activated cryptochrome reacts with molecular oxygen to form a flavin-superoxide radical pair consistent with magnetoreception.; 2011; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.228940; PMID: 21467031; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21467031/ | Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1 interacts with SPA1 to suppress COP1 activity in response to blue light.; 2011; DOI: 10.1101/gad.2025011; PMID: 21511871; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21511871/ | The Cryptochrome Blue Light Receptors.; 2010; DOI: 10.1199/tab.0135; PMID: 21841916; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21841916/ | Light-induced conformational changes in full-length Arabidopsis thaliana cryptochrome.; 2011; DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.031; PMID: 21875594; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21875594/ | Phototropins but not cryptochromes mediate the blue light-specific promotion of stomatal conductance, while both enhance photosynthesis and transpiration under full sunlight.; 2012; DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.187237; PMID: 22147516; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22147516/ | The shoot regeneration capacity of excised Arabidopsis cotyledons is established during the initial hours after injury and is modulated by a complex genetic network of light signalling.; 2013; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02554.x; PMID: 22681544; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22681544/ | The CRYPTOCHROME1-dependent response to excess light is mediated through the transcriptional activators ZINC FINGER PROTEIN EXPRESSED IN INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM LIKE1 and ZML2 in Arabidopsis.; 2012; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.100099; PMID: 22786870; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22786870/ | cry1 and GPA1 signaling genetically interact in hook opening and anthocyanin synthesis in Arabidopsis.; 2012; DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9950-x; PMID: 22855128; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22855128/ | Lifetimes of Arabidopsis cryptochrome signaling states in vivo.; 2013; DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12144; PMID: 23398192; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23398192/ | Strigolactone-regulated hypocotyl elongation is dependent on cryptochrome and phytochrome signaling pathways in Arabidopsis.; 2014; DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst093; PMID: 24126495; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24126495/ | Blue-light dependent reactive oxygen species formation by Arabidopsis cryptochrome may define a novel evolutionarily conserved signaling mechanism.; 2015; DOI: 10.1111/nph.13341; PMID: 25728686; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25728686/ | Suppression of Arabidopsis flowering by near-null magnetic field is affected by light.; 2015; DOI: 10.1002/bem.21927; PMID: 26095447; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26095447/ | Cellular metabolites modulate in vivo signaling of Arabidopsis cryptochrome-1.; 2015; DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1063758; PMID: 26313597; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26313597/ | Mutations throughout an Arabidopsis blue-light photoreceptor impair blue-light-responsive anthocyanin accumulation and inhibition of hypocotyl elongation.; 1995; DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1995.08050653.x; PMID: 8528277; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8528277/ | Cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptors of Arabidopsis implicated in phototropism.; 1998; DOI: 10.1038/33701; PMID: 9565033; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9565033/ | Genetic interactions between phytochrome A, phytochrome B, and cryptochrome 1 during Arabidopsis development.; 1998; DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.1.27; PMID: 9733523; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9733523/