High Stability of discosoma Dsred As Compared to aequorea EGFP
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Keywords
Fluorescence, Imaging Probes, Kinetics, Peptides and Proteins, Stability
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1021/bi034555t
Abstract
Comparative analysis of conformational stabilities was performed for two widely used genetic reporters, EGFP and DsRed, proteins exhibiting similar β-can folds, but possessing different oligomeric organization and chromophore structures. Two factors affecting protein stability in vitro, such as elevated temperatures and a chaotropic agent guanidine hydrochloride, were studied. In vivo tolerance of the fluorescence proteins to proteasomal-based degradation was studied in insect and mammalian cells, and in Xenopus embryos. The apparent rate constants of thermal and GdmCl-induced denaturation were several orders of magnitude lower for DsRed than for EGFP. DsRed lifetimes severalfold longer than those of EGFP were observed in cultured cells and in embryos. The remarkable fluorescence stability of DsRed under the all conditions that have been studied is attributed to a significant extent to its tetrameric organization. Therefore, DsRed can be used as a genetic reporter and advanced population marker with a significantly extended intracellular lifespan.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Biochemistry, v. 42, issue 26, p. 7879-7884
Scholar Commons Citation
Verkhusha, Vladislav V.; Kuznetsova, Irina M.; Stepanenko, Olesia V.; Zaraisky, Andrey G.; Shavlovsky, Michail M.; Turoverov, Konstantin K.; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "High Stability of discosoma Dsred As Compared to aequorea EGFP" (2003). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 710.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/710
