PUBLICATION
Blue fluorescent protein derived from the mutated purple chromoprotein isolated from the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni
- Authors
- Chiang, C.Y., Lin, C.Y., Chen, Y.T., Tsai, H.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160901-1
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS 29(11): 523–530 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Tsai, Huai-Jen
- Keywords
- biomarker, blue fluorescent protein, genetic engineering, protein engineering, transgenesis
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 27578888 Full text @ Protein Eng. Des. Sel.
Citation
Chiang, C.Y., Lin, C.Y., Chen, Y.T., Tsai, H.J. (2016) Blue fluorescent protein derived from the mutated purple chromoprotein isolated from the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS. 29(11):523–530.
Abstract
Chromoproteins, especially far-red fluorescent proteins with long stokes shift, are good sources for engineering biological research tools. However, chromoproteins have not been used for developing fluorescent proteins with short emission wavelength. Therefore, we herein report the development of a blue fluorescent protein, termed shBFP, which is derived from a purple chromoprotein isolated from the sea anemone Stichodacyla haddoni (shCP) after shCP was simultaneously mutated on E63L and Y64L. The shBFP chromophore is composed of Leu-Leu-Gly, which introduced a maximum excitation and emission wavelength at 401 nm and 458 nm, respectively, and a quantum yield of 0.79. Interestingly, the N158S and L173I double mutations of shBFP conducted in the chromophore environment further shifted the maximum excitation to 375 nm, and elevated the quantum yield to 0.84. Thus, shBFP, which is based on the Leu-Leu-Gly chromophore composition, results in higher quantum yields and short wavelength emission. Additionally, we found that the cDNA of shBFP is stably expressed in zebrafish embryos with fidelity, indicating the application of shBFP as a biomarker or selective marker.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping