Far-red fluorescent tag for protein labelling

Arkady F. Fradkov, Vladislav V. Verkhusha, Dmitry B. Staroverov, Maria E. Bulina, Yurii G. Yanushevich, Vladimir I. Martynov, Sergey Lukyanov, Konstantin A. Lukyanov

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Abstract

Practical applications of green fluorescent protein ('GFP')-like fluorescent proteins (FPs) from species of the class Anthozoa (sea anemones, corals and sea pens) are strongly restricted owing to their oligomeric nature. Here we suggest a strategy to overcome this problem by the use of two covalently linked identical red FPs as non-oligomerizing fusion tags. We have applied this approach to the dimeric far-red fluorescent protein HcRed1 and have demonstrated superiority of the tandem tag in the in vivo labelling of fine cytoskeletal structures and tiny nucleoli. In addition, a possibility of effective fluorescence resonance energy transfer ('FRET') between enhanced yellow FP mutant ('EYFP') and tandem HcRed1 was demonstrated in a protease assay.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)17-21
Number of pages5
JournalBiochemical Journal
Volume368
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DsRed
  • Green fluorescent protein (GFP)
  • HcRed
  • Tandem tag

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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