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PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 8, 期 6, 页码 847-855出版社
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DOI: 10.1039/b901938c
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- Nanotechnology committee of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology [287]
- Research Council of Tarbiat Modares University and University of Tehran
Luciferases are the enzymes that catalyze the reactions that produce light in bioluminescence. The bioluminescence color of firefly luciferases is determined by the luciferase structure and assay conditions. Amongst different beetle luciferases, those from phrixothrix rail-road worm with a unique additional residue (Arg353) emit red bioluminescence color naturally. Insertion of Arg(356) in Lampyris turkestanicus luciferase changed the emitted light to red with a bimodal bioluminescence spectrum. By insertion and substitution of positively-charged residues, different specific mutation (E354R/Arg(356), E354K/Arg(356),E354R, E354K) lead to changes of the bioluminescence color. Bioluminescence emission spectra indicate that substitution of E354 by R along with insertion of Arg(356) produces a luciferase that emits red light with a single peak bioluminescence spectrum. The comparison of mutants with native luciferase shows that mutations of firefly luciferase resulted in structural and functional thermostability. Comparative study of native and mutant luciferase (E354R/Arg(356)) by intrinsic and extrinsic fluorescence, CD spectropolarimetry, and homology modeling revealed mutation brought about an increase in content of secondary structure and globular compactness of L. turkestanicus luciferase. On the other hand, pK(a) of amino acids in the flexible loop decreased upon introducing of positive charges.
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