TY - JOUR
T1 - Green fluorescent proteins are light-induced electron donors
AU - Bogdanov, Alexey M.
AU - Mishin, Alexander S.
AU - Yampolsky, Ilia V.
AU - Belousov, Vsevolod V.
AU - Chudakov, Dmitriy M.
AU - Subach, Fedor V.
AU - Verkhusha, Vladislav V.
AU - Lukyanov, Sergey
AU - Lukyanov, Konstantin A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the MCB program of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (grant 02.513.12.3013), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (grant 55005618), the European Commission Sixth Framework Programme (LSHG-CT-2003-503259), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants 07-04-12189-ofi and 09-04-00356-a), and the program "State Support of the Leading Scientific Schools" (NS-2395.2008.4). D.M.C. and K.A.L. are supported by the Russian Science Support Foundation and by grants from the president of the Russian Federation (MK-6119.2008.4 and MD-5815.2008.4). V.V.V. was supported by grant GM073913 from the US National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Proteins of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family are well known owing to their unique biochemistry and extensive use as in vivo markers. We discovered that GFPs of diverse origins can act as light-induced electron donors in photochemical reactions with various electron acceptors, including biologically relevant ones. Moreover, via green-to-red GFP photoconversion, this process can be observed in living cells without additional treatment.
AB - Proteins of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family are well known owing to their unique biochemistry and extensive use as in vivo markers. We discovered that GFPs of diverse origins can act as light-induced electron donors in photochemical reactions with various electron acceptors, including biologically relevant ones. Moreover, via green-to-red GFP photoconversion, this process can be observed in living cells without additional treatment.
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U2 - 10.1038/nchembio.174
DO - 10.1038/nchembio.174
M3 - Article
C2 - 19396176
AN - SCOPUS:67650291050
SN - 1552-4450
VL - 5
SP - 459
EP - 461
JO - Nature Chemical Biology
JF - Nature Chemical Biology
IS - 7
ER -