Structural highlights
Function
[GFP_AEQVI] Energy-transfer acceptor. Its role is to transduce the blue chemiluminescence of the protein aequorin into green fluorescent light by energy transfer. Fluoresces in vivo upon receiving energy from the Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein aequorin.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Solving protein structures by single-particle cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a crucial tool in structural biology. While exciting progress is being made toward the visualization of small macromolecules, the median protein size in both eukaryotes and bacteria is still beyond the reach of cryo-EM. To overcome this problem, we implemented a platform strategy in which a small protein target was rigidly attached to a large, symmetric base via a selectable adapter. Of our seven designs, the best construct used a designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) rigidly fused to tetrameric rabbit muscle aldolase through a helical linker. The DARPin retained its ability to bind its target: GFP. We solved the structure of this complex to 3.0 A resolution overall, with 5-8 A resolution in the GFP region. As flexibility in the DARPin position limited the overall resolution of the target, we describe strategies to rigidify this element.
Fusion of DARPin to Aldolase Enables Visualization of Small Protein by Cryo-EM.,Yao Q, Weaver SJ, Mock JY, Jensen GJ Structure. 2019 Apr 25. pii: S0969-2126(19)30125-X. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2019.04.003. PMID:31080120[1]
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References
- ↑ Yao Q, Weaver SJ, Mock JY, Jensen GJ. Fusion of DARPin to Aldolase Enables Visualization of Small Protein by Cryo-EM. Structure. 2019 Apr 25. pii: S0969-2126(19)30125-X. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2019.04.003. PMID:31080120 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2019.04.003
