Phototropins (phots) are blue light sensors found in a variety of higher plants and algae. The photochemical reactions of this family of proteins have attracted much attention since their discovery. Phots have two light sensor domains called light-oxygen voltage 1 (LOV1) and LOV2. After the formation of the characteristic adduct of the LOV domain, a conformational change of the C-terminal region of the LOV2 domain occurs, and characterizing this change is important for understanding biological function, that is, kinase activation. Here, the reaction dynamics of the J alpha-helix and the extended region adjacent to the Ja-helix (connector) have been investigated. The conformation of the connector part and the Ja-helix were found to alter significantly in a two-state manner. Furthermore, the conformational change of the kinase domain was also successfully detected as a change in translational diffusion, although the CD intensity due to the kinase domain movement was almost silent. These observations indicate that the tertiary structure of the kinase domain changes. The rate of the kinase domain change is almost the same as that of the change for the LOV2-linker, suggesting that the conformational change of the linker is the rate-determining step for kinase activation.