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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 101, 期 50, 页码 17334-17339出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407645101
关键词
biliprotein; light signaling; tetrapyrrole; photoisomerization; fluorescence
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 068552-01, R01 GM068552-04, R01 GM068552-03, R01 GM068552] Funding Source: Medline
Directed evolution of a cyanobacterial phytochrome was undertaken to elucidate the structural basis of its light sensory activity by remodeling the chemical environment of its linear tetrapyrrole prosthetic group. In addition to identifying a small region of the apoprotein critical for maintaining phytochrome's native spectroscopic properties, our studies revealed a tyrosine-to-histidine mutation that transformed phytochrome into an intensely red fluorescent biliprotein. This tyrosine is conserved in all members of the phytochrome superfamily, implicating direct participation in the primary photoprocess of phytochromes. Fluorescent phytochrome mutants also hold great promise to expand the present repertoire of genetically encoded fluorescent proteins into the near infrared.
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