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.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Crystal structures of the photoactivatable green fluorescent protein T203H variant (PA-GFP) have been solved in the native and photoactivated states, which under 488 nm illumination are dark and brightly fluorescent, respectively. We demonstrate that photoactivation of PA-GFP is the result of a UV-induced decarboxylation of the Glu222 side chain that shifts the chromophore equilibrium to the anionic form. Coupled with the T203H mutation, which stabilizes the native PA-GFP neutral chromophore, Glu222 decarboxylation yields a 100-fold contrast enhancement relative to wild-type GFP (WT). Additionally, the structures provide insights into the spectroscopic differences between WT and PA-GFP steady-state fluorescence maxima and excited-state proton transfer dynamics.
Structure and Mechanism of the Photoactivatable Green Fluorescent Protein.,Henderson JN, Gepshtein R, Heenan JR, Kallio K, Huppert D, Remington SJ J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 11. PMID:19278226[1]
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References
- ↑ Henderson JN, Gepshtein R, Heenan JR, Kallio K, Huppert D, Remington SJ. Structure and Mechanism of the Photoactivatable Green Fluorescent Protein. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 11. PMID:19278226 doi:10.1021/ja808851n
